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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All I know is that the US is getting their butt kicked in the international PISA tests in math, science, and reading. We used to be first and now we are in the middle.

Either our kids are getting dumber or our schools are letting them down. [/quote]

Nope -- we've never been good at the PISA tests. And yet it has hardly hindered America's economy:

http://dianeravitch.net/2013/12/03/my-view-of-the-pisa-scores/

Here is the background history that you need to know to interpret the PISA score release, as well as Secretary Duncan’s calculated effort to whip up national hysteria about our standing in the international league tables.

[b]The U.S. has NEVER been first in the world, nor even near the top, on international tests.

Over the past half century, our students have typically scored at or near the median, or even in the bottom quartile.
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International testing began in the mid-1960s with a test of mathematics. The First International Mathematics Study tested 13-year-olds and high-school seniors in 12 nations. American 13-year-olds scored significantly lower than students in nine other countries and ahead of students in only one. On a test given only to students currently enrolled in a math class, the U.S. students scored last, behind those in the 11 other nations. On a test given to seniors not currently enrolled in a math class, the U.S. students again scored last.[/quote]

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