This is interesting. The following article has made a couple of argument points/assumptions about standardized test scores. See below. Is that how we are going to compare education from one country to the next?
Stat showed: American students perform worse on standardized tests than do Chinese and Indian students
Therefore, the American education system is worse than those in China and India
http://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2011/01/standardized-tests-the-race-to-nowhere/