This means that roughly 800 00015-year-olds in Mexico, 168 000 in France, and around 1.9 million 15-year-olds in Brazil do not yet have the basic knowledge and skills needed to thrive in modern societies. The OECD already offers measurement tools to this end and is committed to improving, expanding and enriching its assessment tools. In December 2016, results from the most recent PISA cycle, involving more than 70 high- and middle-income countries, will become available. Through PISA, countries can also build their capacity to develop relevant data; and while most countries that have participated in PISA already have adequate systems in place, that isn’t true for many low-income countries.