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=//PISA in News and Articles //= On December 7, 2010, U.S. Education secretary Arne Duncan stated in his press release that according to the 2009 PISA results " America needs to urgently accelerate student learning to remain competitive in the global economy of the 21st century". Stefan T. Hopmann and Gertrude Brinek of University of Vienna ask an important question: "Does PISA Keep What It Promises?" in PISA According to PISA Joachim Wuttke discusses Uncertainty and Bias in PISA [|Mustafa Macmaz] describes the issues in [|Turkey Mathematic Education According to PISA] Nick Anderson of Washington Post in [|International test score data that show U.S. firmly mid-pack] describes US students as being "average in reading, average in science and slightly below average in math." Valerie Strauss in [|Hysteria Over PISA Misses the Point] describes the reaction to the 2009 PISA as being "swift, sharp and sometimes hysterical" According to Sam Dillon of The New York Times "student in Shanghai has surprised experts by outscoring their counterparts in dozens of other countries" in the 2009 PISA and David Barbosa continues by discussing "Shanghai school's approach that pushes students to top of tests"