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Given Finland's success on international assessments, it must follow that American schools would do better if we Xeroxed the Finland model. Right? Not exactly. First, there has been at least some evidence of late suggesting ...
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by Ava Arsaga, Parent Cortical Mass
America’s public school system enjoyed the limelight for nearly a century. But in the last few decades our performance has been overshadowed by many industrialized nations.
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Pine needles and crackling fires replace whiteboards and desks in Finland’s forest classrooms.
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Students in the U.S. are being taught to focus only on becoming educated.
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Just how underpaid are American teachers? Dick Startz shows that teacher salaries are not only low compared to other similarly educated American workers, but also much lower relatively than those of teachers in other industrialized nations. Increasing teacher salaries would not solve all issues in education, but it would go a long way in making teaching a more attractive career.
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The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does just about the opposite of what we are doing in the United States.” Following his recommendation, I enrolled my 7-year-old son in a primary school i
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The Programme for International Assessment (PISA), conducted by the OECD, outlines the performance of education systems from around the world. …
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Spend five minutes in Jussi Hietava’s fourth-grade math class in remote, rural Finland, and you may learn all you need to know about education reform – if you want results, try doing the opposite of what American “education reformers” think we should do in classrooms. Instead of control, competition, stress, standardized testing, screen-based schools and …
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The answer is Luxembourg. This small European country is where teachers can expect to earn the highest wages, according to OECD research.
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Click here for stories on how schooling practices and systems compare in China and the United States
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This fall some 275,000 students from China will start classes on American campuses. Back home, more than half a million parents will be holding their breath.
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American kids are actually doing decently in math and interpretation, but he’s not.
Parent Cortical Mass's insight:
"it turns out that American eighth-graders actually did quite well on the 2011 TIMSS."
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PISA is not a neutral source of comparative data or information. It is now a powerful and pervasive policy instrument advocating certain approaches to educational reform over others.
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Researchers at Princeton-based Educational Testing Service (ETS) expected it to be when they administered a test called the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Sponsored by the OECD, the test was designed to measure the job skills of adults, aged 16 to 65, in 23 countries. When the results were analyzed by age group and nationality, it is clear that Millennials in the U.S. fall short when it comes to the skills employers want most: literacy (including the ability to follow simple instructions), practical math, and — hold on to your hat — a category called “problem-solving in technology-rich environments.”
Via Alberto Acereda, Ph.D. 
Alberto Acereda, Ph.D.'s curator insight,
March 26, 2015 4:11 PM
Full report here: http://www.ets.org/s/research/29836/ |
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Out of 36 countries, the U.S. ranked 29 in preschool enrollment rates for its 3- and 4-year-olds.
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The global education pioneer eases students into the classroom.
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Sure, we love to hate on our own system. Just don't tell us yours is better.
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Leaks of the SAT have been far more pervasive than acknowledged, documents show. The new SAT is vulnerable to a security hole that's widely exploited in Asia.
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A new study looks at everyday skills, and finds that, when it comes to math, the U.S. is below average. And in computer skills, Americans are dreadful.
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Rather than importing education strategies from abroad, states should look closer to home, write Martin Carnoy, Emma Garcia, and Tatiana Khavenson.
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Here’s an interesting way to turn international test scores on their heads: rank each country by the performance of its weakest students. Every three years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) releases test scores for 15-year old students around the world. Headlines follow, noting who’s on top and who’s fallen behind in the …
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Andreas Schleicher, an international education expert based in Paris, attended a summit at the White House last month, and left feeling frustrated by the anti-testing backlash in this country. “I listened to several presentations. You got this impression, if they would only get rid of tests, everything would improve,” said Schleicher, who oversees the education and skills …
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Back in 2000, U.S. and German students at age 15 were performing at roughly the same level on international tests . By 2012, German 15-year-olds were outscoring their U.S. peers by 32 points in math, a difference representing more than a year’s worth of learning.
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BEIJING (AP) — The latest weapon in the fight against cheating on China's all-important college entrance exam is a six-propeller drone. The contraption flew over two testing centers in Luoyang city in central China's Henan…
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Once again, 15-year-olds in Shanghai rank number one in the world in reading, math and science -- but is it the same across China?
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In reading, Finland’s girls are the real superstars. Robert Pondiscio
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Engagement isn't necessarily a recipe for academic gains, suggests a new report on global education. |
