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Old 12-07-2010, 04:26 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by obs20 View Post
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.
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I don't know it that is true or not or what is reflected in the listings as I've not read the entire report. It may be the the Elite Chinese Students are being compared to ghetto kids from the U.S. but I really doubt a respectable (assuming they are) research group would do that sort of thing. I also suspect that many Chinese children do not even attend school.

The thing I do believe is that there is a crisis in education in the U.S.A. based on the results I keep seeing in education, research, and industry.

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