„Unlike the high-performing education systems in East Asia that have a well-known reputation for authoritarian and standardized-test-driven education that emphasized rote memorization, Finnish students do not take standardized tests until the end of high school.“

Dr. Yong Zhao u. a., „High on PISA, Low on Entrepreneurship? What PISA Does Not Measure“ in Meyer u. a., „PISA, Power und Policy“ (2013), S. 273f