 NCEE's Center on International Education Benchmarking (CIEB) funds and conducts research around the world on the most successful education systems to identify the strategies those countries have used to produce their superior performance.Through its books, reports, website, monthly newsletter, and a weekly update of education news around the world, CIEB provides up-to-date information and analysis on those countries whose students regularly top the PISA league tables.CIEB's global research is conducted in consultation with some of the foremost global education researchers and leaders and CIEB's international benchmarking reports have been used by policymakers across the political spectrum.