Comments on: Report: Disadvantaged students in U.S. gaining on international peers

By: Barry Hoffman

Barry Hoffman — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:49:50 +0000

All this survey shows is that data can manipulated any way you want. We are a huge country and if only 1-5% of our population excels in a given field we’re well-served and have nothing to worry about. If the money spent on these surveys was applied to education all countries would be better-served.

By: Study: Disadvantaged students in U.S. are gaining — Joanne Jacobs

Study: Disadvantaged students in U.S. are gaining — Joanne Jacobs — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:11:14 +0000

[...] a study by Stanford Graduate School of Education and Economic Policy Institute researchers. Low-income students in the U.S. are gaining on disadvantaged students elsewhere, the study [...]

By: Jeanne Bernish

Jeanne Bernish — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:07:00 +0000

I believe the central foundation of this study may be flawed. See: http://www.edweek.org/media/globalachievementstudy-blog.pdf – a letter from OECD/PISA in response to this report.

By: Rise & Shine: Education “tech bubble” | EdNewsColorado

Rise & Shine: Education “tech bubble” | EdNewsColorado — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:11:27 +0000

[...] study of international scores puts U.S. in better light. Hechinger Report, [...]