Chinese Students' Dominance On Global Standardized Test Called A "Sputnik" Moment
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan told the New York Times: “I know skeptics will want to argue with the results, but we consider them to be accurate and reliable, and we have to see them as a challenge to get better. The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble, or we can face the brutal truth that we’re being out-educated.”
The PISA results were striking not just because Chinese students dominated (outperforming the world in math, reading and science), but because the U.S. was no competition at all.
American students from around the country placed 31st in math, 17th in reading and 23rd in science, impressing no one. This was China's first year participating in the PISA test (administered last year), and the country's students were ready.
The test indicated a larger trend toward Asian educational success. South Korea, for example, became the most literate country this year, beating Finland after a 10-year reign.
President Obama, speaking to students in North Carolina Monday, said: “Fifty years later, our generation’s Sputnik moment is back. As it stands right now, America is in danger of falling behind."
The PISA test says that's already happened.
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I am a retired Math teacher from Los angeles. I was an average student from VN. I learned Algebra when I was in 5th grade. Yet, I observed most US students still learning algebra in secondary schools and community colleges. I think these are the problems from US schools: 1)School National Standardized Tests are unintentionally used to evaluated teachers instead of students(during the testing weeks, teacher get nervous instead of students); 2)Students are taught mainly on academic content standards without first concentrated on teaching human morality and social orders(Results: Business leaders as bankers and some politicians have caused financial distress for US and the world.) . 3)US schools are mostly managed as businesses(Students are human. They are not products as automobiles)
Get rid of teachers' unions!! Look what they have gotten us! 31st in world in Math? This is an OUTRAGE. There is no one else to blame. How dare the unions lecture us on what is good for our children. One thing is certain: they are not good for our children, ergo our future. It's okay, though, as long as the unions have their bloated benefit and pension plans.
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