Four lessons on new PISA scores — Ravitch
Here, from education historian and activist Diane Ravitch, the leading figure in the movement against corporate-influenced school reform, is a post with her views about the newly released scores from the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, which showed that U.S. 15-year-old students have retained their no-better-than-average rankings in math, reading and science. Her latest […]
A PISA contradiction
Should Americans use the newly released Program of International Student Assessment scores, which show U.S. students have retained their very average rankings, as a tool to improve education policies? It all depends on whom you ask. Here’s what the new report titled “Lessons from PISA 2012 for the United States,” from the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]
The only international test score info you need to know
It’s PISA Day, meaning that the latest results from the Program for International Student Assessment have just been released, and — brace yourself – the average scores for U.S. students were not very much different from any of the previous comparison years. They were generally in the middle of the pack of 65 countries and individual […]
Key PISA test results for U.S. students
Here are highlights of the newly released 2012 scores from the Program of International Student Assessment, an exam given every three years to 15 year olds around the world in reading, math and science. In this administration of PISA, 65 countries and education systems participated. Connecticut, Florida, and Massachusetts each participated for the first time […]
Are Finland’s vaunted schools slipping?
Finland has for years been a leader in education, scoring at or near the top of international assessments and capturing the attention of the world for its successful approach to education. But Finland is no longer at the top of international test rankings (though they haven’t fallen very far), as newly released results from the […]
12-2-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Obama administration backtracks (again) on teacher equityPresident Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have talked the talked about the importance of teachers, but when it comes to providing kids with equitable access to great teachers, they haven’t exactly walked the walk. Here is a post on the issue by Tara Kini, senior staff attorney at Public Advocates, a nonprofit law