Interesting article from nytimes, and recommended by the mandarin center facebook.
Here is the article' link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/education/07education.html?_r=2&pagewa...

I am not surprise that Shanghai students ranks NO1. If they included some cities in my home province, Shandong. I bet they can beat Shanghai easily! Is it about culture? Not sure...