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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Those comparisons are bogus. Most countries track their students and the only ones who take those tests are the college prep kids. In the US every child takes those tests. So the US scores include kids in resource support, ESL, and other similar programs while the Asian countries and most European countries are testing only the kids going to college. Meaning that their scores are inflated.
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In the UK and Canada, assessment exams are set as early as Grade 4, on a universal basis. I'm fairly sure that's also true of most of Europe, and even more so in many Asian countries. In many cases the results of test scores are what drive parental choice of schools, whether that's a good or a bad thing is a different topic.