The first PISA results were published on 5 December 2001. German 15-year-olds scored well below the OECD average. On 5 and 6 December 2001 the state education ministers agreed on seven fields for action. A paper they adopted in October 2002 states it plainly: Schwächen zeigen sich in allen untersuchten Bereichen … Weaknesses show in all the areas studied.