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Tienken, Christopher – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
Pundits and bureaucrats use the results from international tests, particularly the PISA, to make claims about the quality of the public education system in the United States and make policy recommendations. In this article I argue, with evidence, that the scores and rankings from PISA are not important and that they cannot give policy makers or…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Hong, Barbara S. S. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
America is not Singapore and Singapore cannot be America. So why are we often comparing ourselves to high-performing countries based on international exams? Despite the educational crisis many U.S. schools are facing, Americans should be cautious not to mimic another country's model within our diverse classrooms. We are largely grounded on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Track System (Education), Stereotypes