Thursday, October 26, 2006

Despite Bush’s claims, US investments in education have been grossly misdirectedThe report also states that there are other member nations, whose expe

The report also states that there are other member nations, whose expenditure on education has been way below OECD averages, yet their ‘accomplishments’ (read ‘performances’) in Programme for International Students (PISA – which tests 15 year old students on reading, mathematics and science), has been very good. For the same program, the ‘accomplishments’ of American students had been clearly ‘below average’. This group of statistics gives a poignant rebuttal to the exactitude of President Bush’s ‘most significant accomplishment’ statement and sadly, also clarifies the fact that the amount of investment in the US has not had a respective bearing on educational output.

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