This favorable picture, however, stands in stark contrast to the relatively poor achievements of Israel’s student relative to other countries, for example, in the sciences, according to the OECD’s PISA exams. Thus, the government in Israel is relatively lavish in its education spending but the country’s students are not achieving well.
This state of affairs leads us to one conclusion: Israel’s education system is inefficient. There are several possible reasons for this: a.  Israel does not have one education system but at least four separate systems – some of which do not impart basic schooling in math, science, and English. b.