Shanghai students took first place in all three major PISA 2009 categories, with Asian countries dominating the top rankings¶

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q2 i? In the PISA 2009 results, Shanghai ranked first in reading, science, and mathematics, and five of the six top-placing countries were Asian. → Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse 2011

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Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse 2011¶

Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse. (2011). CSCL in Asia. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 6:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-011-9112-1

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The editorial reports the released PISA 2009 results, in which "Shanghai took first place in all three major categories" among over sixty countries tested; the rankings are also shown in Table 1.

"Shanghai took first place in all three major categories: reading, science, and mathematics. The PISA tests are given every 3 years to a large sample of 15-year-old students in over sixty countries."

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