When Brazil emerged as the lowest-performing education system in the first PISA assessment, released in 2000, many people rightly questioned the fairness of comparing an emerging economy to advanced countries like Finland and Japan. But Brazil rose to the challenge, making massive investments in improving the quality of teaching.
在2000年发布的首次PISA评估中，巴西教育体系表现最差，许多人正确地质疑将新兴市场与芬兰和日本等发达国家相比较是否公平。但巴西随后奋起直追，在改进教学质量方面做了大手笔投资。如今巴西已是全球教育体系进步最快的国家。