[Culturechat] PISA Test

[Audrey Wiechman]

I'm not a teacher, but since I live in California, I am aware of another 
factor that plays a large part in test results here--the vast number of 
"English as a second language" students in our system.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vance Roy" <gigli.saw@dplanet.ch>
To: <culturechat@untours.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:05 AM
Subject: [Culturechat] PISA Test


> Perhaps some of the teachers in the chat can amplify on this test and what 
> they think of it. The PISA (Programme for International Student 
> Assessment) is a test given to between 4,500 and 10,000 15 year old 
> students in the industrialized countries of the world. The 2003 tests were 
> completed and I read the results this week in the local paper.
>
> Of course, the main interest here is in Switzerland's performance. I found 
> some surprises.
>
>  In reading, CH ranks 11th, the USA 15th, and Finnland is 1st. Russia is 
> last (29th). In the 2000 tests (they are given every three years), 
> Finnland was 1st, USA 15th, and CH was 17th. Russia was last at 29th.
>
> In mathematics in 2003, Finnland was 1st, CH was 7th, and the USA was 
> 25th--next to the last, Russia. In 2000, Japan was 1st, CH was 7th, and 
> the USA was 19th (five up from the bottom, Italy).
>
> In the natural sciences in 2003, Finnland was 1st, Ch was 9th, and the USA 
> was 19th, again five up from the bottom, Italy. In 2000, it was South 
> Korea 1st, CH 18th (6 up from the bottom, Russia), and the USA was 14th.
>
> In the category of problem solving in 2003, South Korea was 1st, CH was 
> 8th, and the USA was 24th (one up from the bottom, Italy.
>
> I wonder what all this means for our next generation? India and China are 
> not in the test group, but I have a hunch by 2006 or 2009, they will be up 
> there with the Koreans and Finns.. Are all our grandchildren's bosses 
> going to be from other countries?
>
> Vance Roy
> gigli.saw@dplanet.ch
> http://homepage.mac.com/fredch
>
> “Never under estimate the ingenuity of the stupid.”
> Anon.
>
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