The paper presents a view of the results of Albania in the Programme for International Students Assessments 2009 (PISA 2009) and progress of it from previous cycles. Because PISA has a real-life focus and involves students applying what they know and can do, it is an important indicator to know how effective educational policies are. Pisa provides data which can be used by governments as well as teachers, students, schools, parents and other education professionals to debate the strengths and weaknesses of their schools and their education systems in relation to those of other countries. A...