Poverty, Shmoverty: Part IV
This is a little wonky, but I think the payoff is worth it. Bear with me...
So I've been going on a bit about international comparisons of both student achievement and poverty (go here,here, and here to follow). The impetus for all this was Amanda Ripley's contention that low-poverty schools in the US do a lousy job compared to low-poverty schools around the world.
Twice, Ripley compares the 75th percentile in socio-economic status (What the PISA test calls ESCS) in the US to the 75th percentile in the rest of the world. I have said that:
So I've been going on a bit about international comparisons of both student achievement and poverty (go here,here, and here to follow). The impetus for all this was Amanda Ripley's contention that low-poverty schools in the US do a lousy job compared to low-poverty schools around the world.
Twice, Ripley compares the 75th percentile in socio-economic status (What the PISA test calls ESCS) in the US to the 75th percentile in the rest of the world. I have said that: