Sentences with phrase «high international test scores»

So the answer to high international test scores is really quite simple, just make sure no US school has more that 10 % of the kids living in poverty.

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Ms. Moskowitz proudly touted the success of Success, noting with real joy how three students at the school in Bed - Stuy had achieved a perfect score on an international math test «out of 30 or 40 worldwide» and taking particular pride in how many of the schools» high achievers are «black and brown» and from neighborhoods that face enormous disadvantages.

My kids have a short school day and little homework, yet Finnish students earn some of the highest scores of any nation on international tests.

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 perInternational,» 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 perinternational math test than do their peers in countries without teacher performance pay.

Still, even a modicum of school choice and competition can boost student test scores, especially when combined with a comprehensive examination system for high - school graduates, says Ludger Woessmann, whose systematic, sophisticated analyses of international test - score data best summarize what can be learned from abroad.

And, according to international comparative tests (PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneinternational comparative tests (PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneInternational Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneInternational Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneInternational Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only one year».

It's also important because some Americans like to point to our supposedly high poverty rate as an excuse for our lackluster international performance on a variety of social indicators, from health - care outcomes to test scores and beyond.

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.

After statistically controlling for several variables, the author concludes that nations with some form of merit pay system have, on average, higher reading and math scores on this international test of 15 - year - old students.»

While international tests and international comparisons are not without merit, international test data are notoriously limited in their ability to shed light on why students in any country have higher or lower test scores than in another.

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 Studeninternational test, known as PISA or Programme for International StudenInternational Student Assessment.

There is always a big hullabaloo when American students score average on international tests, but the fact is that American kids in very low - poverty schools score as high or higher than anybody else on the planet.

That research indicates that students in these schools generally have higher scores on both traditional state tests and international assessments.

The Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, a public charter school in Rutherford County, is quick to promote the school's high SAT test scores and international field trips to China, Europe and South America.

Paul Marble, associate director at Sturgis, said he attributes the high test scores to the school's international baccalaureate (IB) program: «We teach habits of mind like being reflective, caring and taking risks.

Extra credit is given for students who receive a score of «advanced» on the PSSA and Keystone tests, 3 or higher on an AP test, and 4 or higher on an International Baccalaureate test.

Only 6 percent of U.S. students scored at the highest levels on the math tests, which was lower than the international average of 11 percent.

At one charter school in Arizona, BASIS, students scored higher on an international test called the PISA than students from anywhere in the world.

Also on an international test, the 2012 Program of International Student Assessment (PISA), Connecticut's 15 year - olds also scored extremely higinternational test, the 2012 Program of International Student Assessment (PISA), Connecticut's 15 year - olds also scored extremely higInternational Student Assessment (PISA), Connecticut's 15 year - olds also scored extremely high in reading.

In her 2013 book, Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch — an education historian and former federal education official who originally supported but later became a critic of reforms like No Child Left Behind — cites surprising evidence that a nation's higher position on an international ranking of test scores actually predicted lower per capita GDP decades later, compared with countries whose test scores ranked worse.

For example, since 1992, Connecticut, along with Massachusetts and New Jersey, has had the highest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in the country, and Connecticut ranks fifth in the world, outranked by only three countries and the state of Massachusetts, in reading scores of 15 - year - olds on the international PISA test.

On the international PISA test, Connecticut's 15 year olds scored higher in reading than students in 63 nations.

For example, on the mathematics portion of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to test, poor students (among those from lowest quartile in family income), who attended schools that served the poorest families (a school in the highest quartile of those receiving free and reduced lunch), attained a mean score of 425.

Thus, no matter how high the country ranks on international tests, our seemingly impressive test scores come at too high a price.

On the 2007 eighth - grade TIMSS test, an international math exam, all eight countries that scored higher than the U.S. had national standards.

For example, since 1992, Connecticut, along with Massachusetts and New Jersey, has had the highest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in the country, and Connecticut ranks 5th in the whole world, outranked by only three countries and the state of Massachusetts, in reading scores of 15 year olds on the international PISA test.

While on the 2009 international test, Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, the Ontario schools did indeed score almost as high as the best readers in the world (Finland), their math scinternational test, Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, the Ontario schools did indeed score almost as high as the best readers in the world (Finland), their math scInternational Student Assessment, or PISA, the Ontario schools did indeed score almost as high as the best readers in the world (Finland), their math scores did not.

Nineteen countries and education systems scored higher than the United States in reading on the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, up from nine systems when the test was last administered in 2009.