Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Would raising
teacher pay boost America's low test scores?
The latest release
from PISA, Program for International Student Assessment, the U.S. was ranked 26th
on the Math test, which is just mediocre among 60 countries and dozens of regional
administrations in OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The once-a-three-year tests on reading, math and science were taken by more
than 500,000 15-year-olds in 2012. The top five of each subject are;
- Reading: 1.
Shanghai 570, 2. Hong Kong 545, 3. Singapore 542, 4. Japan 538, 5. South Korea
536
- Math: 1.
Shanghai 613, 2. Singapore 573, 3. Hong Kong 561, 4. Taiwan 560, 5. South Korea
554
- Science: 1.
Shanghai 580, 2. Hong Kong 555, 3. Singapore 551, 4. Japan 547, 5. Finland 545
The U.S., despite
spending more than most countries to its education system and per student, didn’t
as much outcome as they had poured their money in. As usual, people start guessing
and arguing what had caused such poor performance in the country where its
higher education is regarded the best in the world and draw all the talents
from the world. The class size, teachers’ compensation, or students’ diversity?
Enjoy reading and
learning what experts in America think why they are so behind.
Those who are
interested learning or reviewing about how Pisa works, please check Vol.597 at;
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