lot of high stakes student assessme assessments, test-based accountability, or any of the other strategies you'll find in american schools there is a secret to their success, but it's not measured the same way it is in the u.s. >> you know, in the states we have all these standardized tests just so we can see how kids are performing. why do you not have standardized testing here? >> because in the finnish system, the word is trust. the government trusts the school principals. the principals trust the teachers. these tests, they don't have anything. you know, you use the energy in the wrong things. we use energy for teaching, not for winning in a contest. >> yeah. >> what does it cost to send your kid here? >> zero. >> zero? nothing. it's free. >> finnish schools are free. even up to university it's free. >> so even college is free? >> yes. a free warm meal every day at school. free teaching, free books, free medical care. >> that's incredible. >> and this way nobody is left out. >> yeah. that's really no child left behind.