(See: What You Need to Know
About the International Test Scores).
Check out the chapters «The Facts About Test Scores» and «The Facts
About International Test Scores».
While policy elites fret
about international test scores, college - and career - ready standards, and STEM, parents worry about bullying, what's on the lunch menu, the bus schedule, and the dress code.
Not exact matches
According to an independent study done by nonprofit researchers SRI
International, students who used Dreambox for four months improved their
test scores by
about 5 percent.
Ludger Woessman (see «Merit Pay
International,» research) looked at 27 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and found that students in countries with some form of performance pay for teachers score about 25 percent of a standard deviation higher on the international math test than do their peers in countries without teacher per
International,» research) looked at 27 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and found that students in countries with some form of performance pay for teachers
score about 25 percent of a standard deviation higher on the
international math test than do their peers in countries without teacher per
international math
test than do their peers in countries without teacher performance pay.
The failure of the United States to close the
international test -
score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions
about the nation's overall reform strategy.
Specifically, students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance
score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the
international math and reading
tests, and
about 15 percent higher on the science
test, than students in countries without performance pay.
Students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance
score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the
international math and reading
tests, and
about 15 percent higher on the science
test, than students in countries without performance pay.
On average, Finnish students do only
about three hours of homework a week, yet in 2012 they
scored sixth highest in the world in reading and 12th highest in math on the OECD's
international test, known as PISA or Programme for International Studen
international test, known as PISA or Programme for
International Studen
International Student Assessment.
Earlier this week, some data
about the results of some
international standardized
test scores were released.