Looking at Arab Education Through PISA Tests

By Benjamin Plackett - Al-Fanar. Mohammed wants to build a rectangular patio five meters in length and three meters wide. He needs 81 bricks per square meter. How many bricks does Mohammed need?
Since the turn of the millennium, teenage students around the world have been asked questions like this as part of the Program for International Student Assessment—better known as the PISA test, which is administered every three years. More...