Late night in Seoul.
Students practicing debate on sexism in commercial.
It’s no wonder the US ranks poorly in the OECD PISA Rankings - that’s the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment. Over 500,000 fifteen year olds, across sixty-five countries, participate in the exam “to assess the extent to which students have acquired key knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation societies”. The “knowledge and skills” are math, reading, and science centric questions. The Report, which commenced in 2000 and is held every three years, consistently ranks US students slightly below average. In 2012, the last year from which results are available, US students scored 481 in Math (36th, average 494), 497 in Science (28th, average 501, and 498 in Reading (24th, average 496).
Top Country on the List: Shanghai. China’s reporting of a single city raises some credibility and integrity issues on the sample selection process. Hong Kong and Macau are administered separately, with each autonomous region having control of education, so there individual reporting is justified - but Shanghai? After “Shanghai”, which obliterated the competition (the 40 point gap between first and second was the same as the gap between second and ninth), Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Macau, and Japan. The common theme: Confucian philosophy and values which emphasize education more than say the “American Way” or other principles that guide American thought.
Fifty points separate ninth place Switzerland (531) with thirty-sixth place US (481). Sweden and Israel are the only two countries of note that rank below the US - the rest align with even uninformed expectations.
Unfortunately the US spends more on education as a percentage of GDP at 5.5% than higher ranking countries such as Japan (3.5%), Germany (4.5%), Canada (4.9%), and South Korea (5.0%), ruling out a quick solution that the wealthy nation should simply spend it’s way to the top.
Per the 2010 US Census:
White - non-Hispanic 63%
Hispanic or Latino 16%
African American 13%
Asian American 5%
Other 3%
Talked about through the prism of race. Education is race. Ability to learn isn’t based upon your race. It’s the environ, namely your cultural upbringing, that’s a greater contributing factor to education success.
GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THE US
A Nation at Risk
PISA
#1 County: Shanghai
Walking a line between data with a report whos inclusion of a “country” question judgment on entire data gathering process from formulation of the questions to sample sizes to actual samples.
Rankings - U.S. most diverse country in the world..different cultures place different emphasis on education...would stand to reason our diversity is a weakness when applied to standardized testing. Not just cultural but regionally as well as different states may choose to emphasize different courses and workload.
U.S. teachers are not overpaid...relative to other teachers.
Teachers need to stop saying they have the most difficult job in the world.
If a teacher thinks teaching is difficult...why are you a teacher? As an accountant, if I said that numbers are very difficult...I’m probably a very poor accountant. If I had to go in for brain surgery and in the initial consultation the surgeon said “this job is really difficult…” I’d go to another surgeon who says I can do this, this is my job, and it’s a good match with my skills.
School Reform
Ignoring the history of Charter Schools (basically a mechanism for whites to transfer to all-white schools, post segregation).
Teacher rewards...bonuses for teachers. This is an “in-the-weeds” discussion, a very specific argument in which valid points may be made that teachers deserve a bonus based upon student test score performance.
Second who is championing the Charter School Movement.
Bill Gates is allowed to create a charitable foundation. He makes a contribution and in doing so takes money that otherwise could have gone to fund public education and puts it into an account where he decides to spend on Charter Schools...in doing so, he also lowers his effective tax rate, to below what I pay.
So maybe there’s not anything wrong with our Education process...but here’s the kicker...do standardized tests even matter? Is there any correlation between test taking and actual work ability? To a certain sure...you score 20% on math...you’ve got some issues, but is there a plateau effect whereby someone with a 70% isn’t that much worse than someone with a 90%.
Other intangible factors not factored in?
The countries at the top of this list...not none for innovation. If you buy that diversity is one of our countries greatest strengths...are you fucking with the golden egg by standardizing everything and chasing countries we should have no desire to emulate?
City School District of Philadelphia - $20K per student - Central Bucks - $15K per student
How much of financial success based upon college grades? (Measuring financial success, this analysis becomes even grayer when discussing obtuse metrics such as personal success, self worth, and quality of life).
How much of college success based upon high school academics...since we are talking standardized tests...use the SAT?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WhosCounting/story?id=98373&page=1
Couldn’t agree on what sexism is because no amount of education could ever teach you an opinion. Teach facts and how to obtain them.
Students practicing debate on sexism in commercial.
It’s no wonder the US ranks poorly in the OECD PISA Rankings - that’s the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment. Over 500,000 fifteen year olds, across sixty-five countries, participate in the exam “to assess the extent to which students have acquired key knowledge and skills that are essential for full participation societies”. The “knowledge and skills” are math, reading, and science centric questions. The Report, which commenced in 2000 and is held every three years, consistently ranks US students slightly below average. In 2012, the last year from which results are available, US students scored 481 in Math (36th, average 494), 497 in Science (28th, average 501, and 498 in Reading (24th, average 496).
Top Country on the List: Shanghai. China’s reporting of a single city raises some credibility and integrity issues on the sample selection process. Hong Kong and Macau are administered separately, with each autonomous region having control of education, so there individual reporting is justified - but Shanghai? After “Shanghai”, which obliterated the competition (the 40 point gap between first and second was the same as the gap between second and ninth), Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Macau, and Japan. The common theme: Confucian philosophy and values which emphasize education more than say the “American Way” or other principles that guide American thought.
Fifty points separate ninth place Switzerland (531) with thirty-sixth place US (481). Sweden and Israel are the only two countries of note that rank below the US - the rest align with even uninformed expectations.
Unfortunately the US spends more on education as a percentage of GDP at 5.5% than higher ranking countries such as Japan (3.5%), Germany (4.5%), Canada (4.9%), and South Korea (5.0%), ruling out a quick solution that the wealthy nation should simply spend it’s way to the top.
Per the 2010 US Census:
White - non-Hispanic 63%
Hispanic or Latino 16%
African American 13%
Asian American 5%
Other 3%
Talked about through the prism of race. Education is race. Ability to learn isn’t based upon your race. It’s the environ, namely your cultural upbringing, that’s a greater contributing factor to education success.
GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THE US
A Nation at Risk
PISA
#1 County: Shanghai
Walking a line between data with a report whos inclusion of a “country” question judgment on entire data gathering process from formulation of the questions to sample sizes to actual samples.
Rankings - U.S. most diverse country in the world..different cultures place different emphasis on education...would stand to reason our diversity is a weakness when applied to standardized testing. Not just cultural but regionally as well as different states may choose to emphasize different courses and workload.
U.S. teachers are not overpaid...relative to other teachers.
Teachers need to stop saying they have the most difficult job in the world.
If a teacher thinks teaching is difficult...why are you a teacher? As an accountant, if I said that numbers are very difficult...I’m probably a very poor accountant. If I had to go in for brain surgery and in the initial consultation the surgeon said “this job is really difficult…” I’d go to another surgeon who says I can do this, this is my job, and it’s a good match with my skills.
School Reform
- Two Avenues:
- Standardized Tests, National Standards
- Charter Schools
Ignoring the history of Charter Schools (basically a mechanism for whites to transfer to all-white schools, post segregation).
Teacher rewards...bonuses for teachers. This is an “in-the-weeds” discussion, a very specific argument in which valid points may be made that teachers deserve a bonus based upon student test score performance.
- An Employed Adult...is being paid a bonus...based upon how non-employed children...perform.
- Situations in which this is the case...Hollywood...however, there are child labor laws...to prevent overworking...but they do not apply to education...because the students aren’t working.
Second who is championing the Charter School Movement.
Bill Gates is allowed to create a charitable foundation. He makes a contribution and in doing so takes money that otherwise could have gone to fund public education and puts it into an account where he decides to spend on Charter Schools...in doing so, he also lowers his effective tax rate, to below what I pay.
So maybe there’s not anything wrong with our Education process...but here’s the kicker...do standardized tests even matter? Is there any correlation between test taking and actual work ability? To a certain sure...you score 20% on math...you’ve got some issues, but is there a plateau effect whereby someone with a 70% isn’t that much worse than someone with a 90%.
Other intangible factors not factored in?
The countries at the top of this list...not none for innovation. If you buy that diversity is one of our countries greatest strengths...are you fucking with the golden egg by standardizing everything and chasing countries we should have no desire to emulate?
City School District of Philadelphia - $20K per student - Central Bucks - $15K per student
How much of financial success based upon college grades? (Measuring financial success, this analysis becomes even grayer when discussing obtuse metrics such as personal success, self worth, and quality of life).
How much of college success based upon high school academics...since we are talking standardized tests...use the SAT?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WhosCounting/story?id=98373&page=1
Couldn’t agree on what sexism is because no amount of education could ever teach you an opinion. Teach facts and how to obtain them.