Cross-posted at Education Week. There are, as far as I know, only two strategies available to countries that want to develop the kind of talent needed to enter the front ranks of nations providing broadly shared prosperity to their people: education and immigration. Most of the...
by Jennifer Craw This month we take a look at the Dutch education system, whose average scores on PISA 2015 made it one of the top-performing education systems among the 72 participating countries and economies. Dutch 15-year-olds perform especially well in mathematics. The Netherlands also...
by Jennifer Craw Along with high overall student performance, the best education systems in the world also strive for equity in the performance of students of all socio-economic backgrounds and efficiency in public spending on education. This month’s stat takes a look at those three measures...
by Jennifer Craw New Zealand is once again a top-performing country on PISA 2015. This month we take a brief look at New Zealand's student performance, increasing equity, and basic demographic data. (Click to enlarge) ...
Cross-posted at Education Week. Many people know that the United States has for years performed very poorly on the OECD's PISA comparative survey of national student performance of 15-year-olds. However, Massachusetts has participated in the last two surveys, and, in this last one, emerged as a...
by Jennifer Craw Seventy-two countries and economies participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, which tested student performance on reading, math and science with a particular focus on studentsʼ performance in and attitudes towards science. This month we take a look at how...
Cross-posted at Education Week. The PISA 2015 results show no meaningful change in the performance of U.S. students since 2012 in science and reading and a decline in mathematics. Yes, there is a story here about mathematics, but that is not all there is here. This...
The PISA 2015 results show no meaningful change in the performance of U.S. students since 2012 in science and reading and a decline in mathematics. There would appear to be no story here, but that is not the case. A Sputnik Moment? Whereas mainland China was represented...
The results of the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), released on November 29, show that U.S. students, despite some gains, continue to struggle, especially compared with their peers from high-performing nations. In fourth grade mathematics, U.S. students performed below those in 10...
by Jennifer Craw Learn about this tiny island nation with a world-class education system, including how many students attend school there, how much is spent per student, what the student teacher ratio is, what percent of students choose vocational tracks over academic options, and more. (Click to...