Yong Zhao: Standardized test scores do not reflect teacher ability, school quality or a student's future
"American education is not getting worse, it's always been bad."
-Dr.Yong Zhao making the point that it's LESS bad than Asian education even though Asian countries may have higher PISA test scores (because we don't totally destroy spirit and confidence which are necessary for . . . )
VIDEO BELOW (start at 54:00 mark)
by C.J. Westerberg
I've been a fan of Dr. Yong Zhao since reading his last book, Catching Up or Leading the Way, and he does not disappoint with this keynote from Tuesday's ISTE 2012 Conference.
Just start at the 54:00 mark - speech runs about 30 minutes. (I will also be reading his upcoming book, World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students.)
Zhao spends most of his talk comparing Asian education to that of American education reform with some hilarious examples, along with the Asian-American Model Minority Myth. Check it out. He also talks about America's obsession with test scores and why the Asians are running away from that model. He presents the confidence of the American student in a new light by