I don't have the experience to judge. While I grew up in the US and live in Sweden, I've found that my personal experience isn't a good guide. Eg, my school in

I don't have the experience to judge. While I grew up in the US and live in Sweden, I've found that my personal experience isn't a good guide. Eg, my school in the US offered differential equations, Latin, and European history, which I'm told is uncommon. I also don't have an understanding of the research, so I think we'll have to leave things where they are. "I did not quite understand when you say .." Sorry, I see the confusion. I meant that in the US, in discussion about changes to the US school system, one of the arguments is how US schools need more 'rigorous' testing with a more 'academic' goal, in order to improve PISA scores. Those making this argument often point to a country like South Korea with a very academic/test-centric education system and high PISA as a model for what the US should be. Those opposed point to Finland as a counter-example. To edit what I wrote slightly, "much of what I've read coming out of the US is that US students must get [a] more 'academic' education ..."