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proud2BlibKansan

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Sat Jul 27, 2013, 07:58 AM Jul 2013

About those PISA scores and Exxon Mobil commercials: [View all]

One of the best sessions I attended at TEACH was about our international ranking and the PISA scores. No, we are not #37. When the data is disaggregated and our schools are compared to other countries with similar poverty rates, here are the results. Bigger numbers are better.





A new PISA report comes out in December.

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I hope this gets picked up by the media. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #1
Thanks for this! mbperrin Jul 2013 #2
This is flawed reasoning. Mass Jul 2013 #3
I don't see it as flawed. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 #4
The OP doesn't compare similar things. Igel Jul 2013 #5
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