Here is a rich resource with international comparisons on education
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3746,en_2649_39263294_39251550_1_1_1_1,00.html
It includes analysis of PISA data and a lot more detail to support what we learned about on Thursday. As you can see from the graph, the USA spending per student is high but our math scores are dismal. There numerous spreadsheets that I would be interested in discussing (student attitudes, immigration status, teacher demographics, etc)
thanks
Carolyn
It would be interesting to try to figure out what intervening variables might explain these dispartities. Don McAdams mentioned the consequences we face in living in a federal system where ultimate power in educational policy rests at the local level. I wonder if this dooms us to high levels of expenditures on education?
ReplyDeleteThere has to be research on this.