Sentences with phrase «international reading exam»
U.S. Schoolchildren Tumble in International Reading Exam Rankings, Worrying Educators (The Washington Post) Marty West discusses the impact the Great Recession may have had on school systems and what that means for improving educational outcomes for the most challenged students.
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In fact, kids at well - to - do suburban schools do exceedingly well against global competition on international reading and math exams.
The international exam — administered every three years by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-- compared more than half a million 15 - year - old students from 72 countries on their math, reading, and science knowledge.
Scores in math, reading and science posted by 15 - year - olds in the United States were flat while their counterparts elsewhere — particularly in Shanghai, Singapore and other Asian provinces or countries — soared, according to the results of a well - regarded international exam released Tuesday.
A common assumption inside the school - reform movement, one often repeated in the wake of America's sobering performance in the recent Program for International Student Assessment exam — the U.S. ranked 17th in reading and 23rd in science — is that our nation's public - school teachers tend not to be high achievers themselves.
• U.S. 4th graders topped 22 participating jurisdictions, and were outscored by just 10 of them, on the most recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, or PIRLS, though American students» literacy marks stagnated from the previous exam.
We're visiting some of the highest - and lowest - performing schools in China to try to uncover The Secret — how is it that Shanghai's public secondary schools topped the world charts in the 2009 PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) exams that measure the ability of 15 - year - olds in 65 countries to apply what they've learned in math, science and reading.
That's the rough threshold for reasonable school performance, according to Hattie: Countries that spend less than $ 40,000, which are all poor, tend to have much lower reading scores on the international PISA exam, and their performance correlates strongly with the money they spend.
The international exam is administered to 15 - year - olds in 65 education systems across the globe and tests students in reading, math, and science.
Back in 2010, experts were stunned when 15 - year olds in Shanghai, China earned the top scores in reading, math and science on the 2009 PISA exams, also known as Program for International Student Assessment.
The ads based that portrayal on America's rankings on the PISA, another international exam that tests students at age 15, whose most recent administration found that out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math.