Study Compares States? Math and Science Scores With Other Countries?
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/education/14students.html
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American students even in low-performing states like Alabama do better on math and science tests than students in most foreign countries, including Italy and Norway, according to a new study released yesterday. That?s the good news.
The bad news is that students in Singapore and several other Asian countries significantly outperform American students, even those in high-achieving states like Massachusetts, the study found.
?In this case, the bad news trumps the good because our Asian economic competitors are winning the race to prepare students in math and science,? said the study?s author, Gary W. Phillips, chief scientist at the American Institutes of Research, a nonprofit independent scientific research firm.
The study equated standardized test scores of eighth-grade students in each of the 50 states with those of their peers in 45 countries. Experts said it was the first such effort to link standardized test scores, state by state, with scores from other nations.
The bad news is that students in Singapore and several other Asian countries significantly outperform American students, even those in high-achieving states like Massachusetts, the study found.
?In this case, the bad news trumps the good because our Asian economic competitors are winning the race to prepare students in math and science,? said the study?s author, Gary W. Phillips, chief scientist at the American Institutes of Research, a nonprofit independent scientific research firm.
The study equated standardized test scores of eighth-grade students in each of the 50 states with those of their peers in 45 countries. Experts said it was the first such effort to link standardized test scores, state by state, with scores from other nations.
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h_faeth
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as a product of alabama schools...i'm glad we beat romania...and mississippi. : 0
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h_faeth
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barkway
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I don't see how this comparison could be made solely on standardized test scores. Whose tests? Ours? Other countries'? Is there such a thing as a "universal international standardized test?"And who funded the study?
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barkway
