The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's (AJC) Truth-O-Meter did a check on Jeb Bush's claim that U.S. teenagers have fallen behind their international counterparts in math and science as reported last year by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). His...
What's bad for you might be good for others. In fact, in the world of international tests, American student's scoring low on the recent PISA test is actually very good for business, profiteers, think tanks, and those who think America's schools are failing. Using...
Shanghai, Canada, Chile and Liechtenstein Head to the PISA Finals. Suppose the PISA nations were organized into leagues and to follow the tradition of the sports world, a final competition would be held in February 2014, to coincide with the Winter Olympics in...
Moving Beyond the Drama and Hyperbole that Dominate International Test Score Results. The Guardian newspaper published a series of articles the 2013 PISA international test results. In this post I want to focus on the article written by Finnish educator and...
Does High Stakes Testing Produce Students Who are "Study Machines?" According to Emma Vanbergen, Shangahi-based study abroad director for BE Education, a company that places Chinese students in British schools and universities, it's not surprising that Shanghai...
Latest Story Note: This is a letter written by a teen living in Atlanta in the year 2063. Her name is Sklyer F., a 14 year-old girl living in Atlanta with her family---3 brothers, her father who home schools his children, and her mother who is an...
