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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only an American would argue that PP is wrong.

In my Asian country, students on track to attend university are expected to work at the standard that would earn them a score of at least 500 on SATs by age 13 or 14, not 17 or 18.

Only in the US would parents argue that a easy college admissions test is racist because so many poor students score low on it. The problem is that schools and living conditions for poor kids usually aren't very good in this country. The answer isn't to make the already easy SAT easier/less academic.[/quote]

[b]I don’t want my kids anywhere near an Asian education system.[/b] There is a reason Americans have dominated the tech industry when it comes to creativity. Creativity is killed by the Asian education system. Additionally, the top student in Asian countries want to come here and live. You can keep your dumb obsession with standardized tests. Smart is more than filling in a bubble with a number 2 pencil.[/quote]

In an OECD study of 15-year-old students’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading in 80 nations, China ranked #1 and the US ranked #25.  The US ranked well below Estonia (#5), Canada (#8), Poland (#11), and Slovenia (#13).

The only reason the US tech industry is presently so successful is because many emigrate here from other countries to make money.  That doesn’t mean that our schools are better.  Indeed, many emigrants take away jobs from less-educated Americans.

You really think that the current situation won’t change in the next 20-50 years?  Maybe we will see Americans emigrating to other countries for better education and to make money?  China gained 239 billionaires last year and currently has 626 billionaires, second only to the US, with 724 billionaires.

Rather than waving the flag, yelling “America First,” and whining about standardized tests, we should try to improve our educational system from the bottom up.  
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I’m all for improving the public education system but for reasons other than improving SAT scores. Don’t care about that scam.[/quote]

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