PISA is a triennial survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds. It is the product of collaboration between participating countries andeconomies through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and draws on leading international expertise to develop valid comparisons across countries and cultures.More than 400 000 students from 57 countries making up close to 90% of the world economy took part in PISA 2006. The focus was on science but the assessment also included reading and mathematics and collected data on student, family and institutional factors that could help to explaindifferences in performance. This report summarises the main findings.http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_32252351_32235907_1_1_1_1_1,00.htmlосновные результаты за 2006 год:#Finland, with an average of 563 score points, was the highest-performing country on the PISA 2006 science scale.#Six other high-scoring countries had mean scores of 530 to 542 points: Canada, Japan and New Zealand and the partner countries/economies Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei and Estonia. Australia, the Netherlands, Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Ireland, and the partner countries/economies Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Macao-China also scored above the OECD average of 500 score points.США на 29-м месте, Россия на 35-м.следующее исследование в 2009 г., результаты будут в 2010.