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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]  I'm sure in many countries, the top students are the ones taking this test.  The rest of the students are probably enrolled in non-academic tracks. Not so in this country where everyone is supposed to be college and career ready but they've gotten rid of so many vocational programs for high schoolers.[/quote]

Does anyone know where there is information on how the schools are selected? Are countries allowed to restrict the test to just their college-track schools?

[quote] The US saw an 11-point dropThe US saw an 11-point drop [/quote]

If the US sample and the international samples are not comparable, then this is the more relevant statistics. We've slid in comparison to our own, earlier performance.

There's a comment in the PBS article on the results that is interesting. [b]US students do well on computing answers but really take a hit on questions testing comprehension of underlying comments[/b]. Any thoughts on this? I though US math curriculum was moving in a more concept-oriented direction.
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This is the problem with how math has been taught in this country. Rote math learning = I can compute the answers, but not "I can apply the concepts".

I have no idea if a curriculum based on Common Core standards will help, but the standards were designed to address this very thing - understanding the concepts rather than just follow the steps.[/quote]

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