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Old 12-07-2010, 04:08 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
And if you dig down, got to the actual publication referenced, there is a ton of data...

I thought the listing figure though was telling...not just the fact that Shanghai was on/near the top, but the position of the U.S. in the rankings - particularly with regard to math.
All that is true but it doesn't explain what the scale means or if the differences are statistically significant. It does show that Singapore and Shanghai are outliers and that is all we can draw from the table.

In the US we test only public school students. Private schools are not required to test. Other countries choose to test who they like. It's not a direct comparison.

We do have cause for concern but our situation isn't as desperate as some would have you believe.

If you get a chance read: The War Against America's Public Schools: Privatizing Schools, Commercializing Education by Gerald R Bracey

http://www.amazon.com/Against-Americ...1755499&sr=8-5
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