Sentences with phrase «international test scores even»

Not exact matches

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.

America's performance on international tests engenders a lot of hand wringing anyway, so the reaction to disappointing PISA or TIMSS scores may be even more pronounced than what the disappointing NAEP scores generated.

I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect that one of the reasons American kids do so well in life (starting entrepreneurial companies, embracing a spirit of optimism, creating wealth, etc.)-- even though they score poorly on international tests — is because of what they pick up from sports, theater, band, student council, and the like.

Yet even though the country's scores on international exams are above average, they have remained largely unchanged since the tests were first administered in 2000, and the percentage of students who were at least moderately proficient has decreased slightly in recent years.