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[b]The US has been lagging behind prior to CC, so I don't understand how your argument addresses this specific topic.[/b]  If we had kept the same curriculum and standards, you'd probably be complaining about them, too.  So, again, your complaint has nothing to do with CC standards.

And yes, trying to compare the US education to other countries, especially the high-achieving Asian ones is an apples to oranges comparison.  I found it really funny how the PISA country rankings singled out Shanghai from China.  That was obviously a way to make "China" seem like it was higher in the rankings than they truly are. China has a huge underclass.    If they took the whole of China, how would they rank?  Would you be so inclined to say China has higher math standards?

If the US only took the scores from the wealthy cities, like the way China did, I'm sure the US would come up much higher in the rankings.

http://world.time.com/2013/12/04/china-is-cheating-the-world-student-rankings-system/

I'm actually from Korea, and I know what their education system is like.[/quote]

Yes. US has been lagging prior to 2.0 and we were supplementing before that. My response was basically that if you are unhappy with MCPS math then you supplement at home.

I am in no way and shape saying that I am comparing the Math achievement of all students in China and India and Eastern Europe with American kids. [b]I am comparing the performance of the middle class students of these countries to the US students[/b].  Considering how humongous their middle class population is, they will have a significant impact on the global market for white collar jobs.

[b]Let's take the scores of only MCPS [/b](the best school district) and we can see how very dismal the showing is.  What is the failure rate on Algebra 2 exams?[/quote]

How do you compare the "middle class" from those countries to the US?  The scores are not segregated by "class".  MCPS is also not "middle class" nor is it homogeneous.  Seriously?  Have you been to the eastern side of the county?[/quote]

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