德国也是PISA 2000中的突出者，其表现不及平均水平，并且存在巨大的教育社会不公，这一结果令德国人十分震惊，并开展了为期几个月的公共争论。
Germany also featured in PISA 2000, recording below-average performance and large social inequalities in education – an outcome that stunned Germans and initiated a months-long public debate.