How About Better Parents?
That's the question that Thomas Friedman asks in the NY Times this week. The reason he brings it up is a recent study by PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) which is the testing group for 15-years around the world on math, science and reading skills. It's the testing used to compare countries' education systems.
PISA was encouraged by OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) to go beyond testing and look at what is happening in the home. They looked at about 20 countries and parents of 5,000 students in those countries. They then compared that information with test results and published these three findings.
PISA was encouraged by OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) to go beyond testing and look at what is happening in the home. They looked at about 20 countries and parents of 5,000 students in those countries. They then compared that information with test results and published these three findings.
- “Fifteen-year-old students whose parents often read books with them during their first year of primary school show markedly higher scores in PISA 2009 than students whose parents read with them