01-17-2013, 12:59 PM
http://phys.org/news/2013-01-poor-intern...udent.html
"Socioeconomic inequality among U.S. students skews international comparisons of test scores, finds a new report released today by the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Economic Policy Institute. When differences in countries' social class compositions are adequately taken into account, the performance of U.S. students in relation to students in other countries improves markedly"
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I feel a bit better. But also worse, that our 'egalitarian' educational system has quality that is often defined by socioeconomic standing of the students.
I'm also not surprised.
"Socioeconomic inequality among U.S. students skews international comparisons of test scores, finds a new report released today by the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Economic Policy Institute. When differences in countries' social class compositions are adequately taken into account, the performance of U.S. students in relation to students in other countries improves markedly"
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I feel a bit better. But also worse, that our 'egalitarian' educational system has quality that is often defined by socioeconomic standing of the students.
I'm also not surprised.
