Mathematics Education

international student assessment programme and assumptions for excellence

Abstract

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, organizes and co-ordinates the
Program for International Student Assessment. The Program for International Student Assessment
provides international initiative of compared evaluation, applied for 15-year-old students, age at
which it is assumed the end of compulsory education in most countries. Although in 2012 the
mathematics has been highlighted, 2015 was the year of science and, to each period, all the areas
will continue being evaluated. After all, these areas represent knowledge that intertwine deeply,
both from a theoretical point of view and in terms of the current curricular conception. China,
Singapura, Korea and Finland are between the countries that since the origins of this program has
found great results. Brazil on the other hand, even so having improved its performance, needs to
act quickly to win the long distance until best ones. The present work joined to the intention to
inform, organize and also to lead the necessary reflections about the subject.