Por Julián Kozlowski y Sebastián Galiani
La tabla muestra los resultados de los exámenes PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2009 realizado en 65 países. Estos son exámenes internacionales realizados a alumnos de 15 años el cual se repite cada 3 años. Argentina se encuentra en el lugar 58 en lectura, 54 en matemática y 55 en ciencias.
| Lectura | Matemática | Ciencias | |
| OECD average | 493 | 496 | 501 |
| Shanghai-China | 556 | 600 | 575 |
| Korea | 539 | 546 | 538 |
| Finland | 536 | 541 | 554 |
| Hong Kong-China | 533 | 555 | 549 |
| Singapore | 526 | 562 | 542 |
| Canada | 524 | 527 | 529 |
| New Zealand | 521 | 519 | 532 |
| Japan | 520 | 529 | 539 |
| Australia | 515 | 514 | 527 |
| Netherlands | 508 | 526 | 522 |
| Belgium | 506 | 515 | 507 |
| Norway | 503 | 498 | 500 |
| Estonia | 501 | 512 | 528 |
| Switzerland | 501 | 534 | 517 |
| Poland | 500 | 495 | 508 |
| Iceland | 500 | 507 | 496 |
| United States | 500 | 487 | 502 |
| Liechtenstein | 499 | 536 | 520 |
| Sweden | 497 | 494 | 495 |
| Germany | 497 | 513 | 520 |
| Ireland | 496 | 487 | 508 |
| France | 496 | 497 | 498 |
| Chinese Taipei | 495 | 543 | 520 |
| Denmark | 495 | 503 | 499 |
| United Kingdom | 494 | 492 | 514 |
| Hungary | 494 | 490 | 503 |
| Portugal | 489 | 487 | 493 |
| Macao-China | 487 | 525 | 511 |
| Italy | 486 | 483 | 489 |
| Latvia | 484 | 482 | 494 |
| Slovenia | 483 | 501 | 512 |
| Greece | 483 | 466 | 470 |
| Spain | 481 | 483 | 488 |
| Czech Republic | 478 | 493 | 500 |
| Slovak Republic | 477 | 497 | 490 |
| Croatia | 476 | 460 | 486 |
| Israel | 474 | 447 | 455 |
| Luxembourg | 472 | 489 | 484 |
| Austria | 470 | 496 | 494 |
| Lithuania | 468 | 477 | 491 |
| Turkey | 464 | 445 | 454 |
| Dubai (UAE ) | 459 | 453 | 466 |
| Russian Federation | 459 | 468 | 478 |
| Chile | 449 | 421 | 447 |
| Serbia | 442 | 442 | 443 |
| Bulgaria | 429 | 428 | 439 |
| Uruguay | 426 | 427 | 427 |
| Mexico | 425 | 419 | 416 |
| Romania | 424 | 427 | 428 |
| Thailand | 421 | 419 | 425 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 416 | 414 | 410 |
| Colombia | 413 | 381 | 402 |
| Brazil | 412 | 386 | 405 |
| Montenegro | 408 | 403 | 401 |
| Jordan | 405 | 387 | 415 |
| Tunisia | 404 | 371 | 401 |
| Indonesia | 402 | 371 | 383 |
| Argentina | 398 | 388 | 401 |
| Kazakhstan | 390 | 405 | 400 |
| Albania | 385 | 377 | 391 |
| Qatar | 372 | 368 | 379 |
| Panama | 371 | 360 | 376 |
| Peru | 370 | 365 | 369 |
| Azerbaijan | 362 | 431 | 373 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 314 | 331 | 330 |
