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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, those comparisons are based on scores from kids who have moved into tracked education. The kids in China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and the like who do not score high enough in 6th grade to move into college prep MS are not included in those scores. And plenty of kids in those countries do not move into the college prep MS and HSs. They track into votech programs.

The US scores include all the students.

Yes, math scores could improve in the US but the top 10/top 20 countries are not as far ahead as you think that they are. We keep making a false comparison. [/quote]

Look at Canada specifically.  Why are they up there with the Asian schools you mentioned.  They are similar to the US but have consistently scored higher than American students.

I watched an interesting video of a man interviewing young women in London who were from all different countries.  Just lighthearted cute stuff. One thing he did was ask some of them to quickly identify different countries flags.   20 flags in 30 seconds.  Obscure flags like Bahrain, Luxembourg, Tonga.  One girl killed it, she got every flag.  After she finished she added “I’m Canadian, not American.”    That was no surprise to any American watching. [/quote]

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