South Korea: Tops in PISA and Suicide
Inscription on the Bridge of Life (Seoul, Korea): “Just go and see the person you miss.”
In fall 2014, Eric Hanushek, Paul Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann of Education Next published an article entitled, “U.S. Students from Educated families Lag in International Tests.” The article includes three graphics ranking countries and US states using both 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores and 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores.
The first graphic ranks countries and states on “student proficiency overall”– percentage at or above proficiency level in math among all students in the Class of 2015 in US states and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
The second graphic ranks countries and states on “student proficiency, low parental education”– percentage at or above proficiency level in math among students whose parents have a low level of education in the Class of 2015 in US states and OECD countries.
The third graphic ranks countries and states on “student proficiency, high parental education”– percentage at or above proficiency level in math among students whose South Korea: Tops in PISA and Suicide | deutsch29:
