I agree, great post Cherry.
About the original post regarding US ranking. I often wonder about the studies that compare the US to other nations in terms of education. Who are our kids being compaired to?
I think its important to remember that many nations use tracking systems. The kids with academic aptitude take college prep classes, the ones who do better at the trades go into vocational studies. Kids in the US don't get that seperation. National test scores here reflect how the kids who are going to be construction workers do as well as those who will be engineers. If the other nations scores are not an average of all the tracks they use, its not a fair comparison.
About the original post regarding US ranking. I often wonder about the studies that compare the US to other nations in terms of education. Who are our kids being compaired to?
I think its important to remember that many nations use tracking systems. The kids with academic aptitude take college prep classes, the ones who do better at the trades go into vocational studies. Kids in the US don't get that seperation. National test scores here reflect how the kids who are going to be construction workers do as well as those who will be engineers. If the other nations scores are not an average of all the tracks they use, its not a fair comparison.
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