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At an international level, Shanghai (China) obtained the best reading score (556), while amongst OECD Korea (539) and Finland (536) both result excellent and are followed by Canada (524), New Zealand (521), Japan (520) and Australia (515).

Italy has a middle of the range score (486) that is slightly – but significantly – below the OECD average, which also fell from 500 in 2000 to 493 in 2009. [First Results of Pisa 2009, Invalsi, December 2010]
"A school system works well not only if it creates excellence, but also if it allows everyone to make progress, even the less brilliant students. These two facets go hand in hand.”
Exploring Schools Around the World
Opinioni, Tullio De Mauro
Internazionale, 17 December 2010
