Looking
Comparatively at the System at a State, National, and International Level
This webpage provide three ways to compare:
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Using the
Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) Website
A Combination of Two Figures For a Quick Look at
Math and Reading at the Texas, National, and International Level
You can see on a single page
a combination of Figure 1 and Figure 2 from Are U.S.
Students Ready to Compete?.
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Figure 1 shows
the “Class of 2011, Math Performance in a Global Perspective”
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Figure 2 shows
the “Class of 2011, Reading Performance in a Global Perspective”
The figure above combines Figure 1 and Figure 2 from Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete? I have sent an email request to the authors
to use their figures. If they do not agree, we will, of course, remove the link immediately.
Figure 1 and Figure 2 show how Texas ranks with
other states and how the United States with others taking the PISA (Program on International Student Assessment).
With both figures, the headings are made
larger as are the labels for the U.S. Average internationally:
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For Math, U.S.
Average 32nd
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For Reading, U.S.
Average17th
The
one addition to the figures is counting how Texas ranks with other states in
the United States and creating these labels:
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Texas 22nd
in Math – 21 other states rank higher.
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Texas 34th
in Reading – 33 other states rank higher.
Using the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES)
Website
For
articles making use of IES data including change over time, see the other links
to Sources from this presentation.
You
can find data at the United States Institute of Education Sciences (IES):
- For its homepage
- http://ies.ed.gov/
- Examples of its major
areas include:
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NCES International Activities Program, including several programs from
the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) to a Civics Education
Survey (CivEd) - http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/
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The Nation’s Report Card - http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
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National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) - http://nces.ed.gov/naal/
- Examples of data
include:
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State data on 8th Grade Science, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt2011/20124678.asp
and then select the state you want from the map.
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Average science scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students, by country:
2007 showing where the United States fits within the ranks, http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table07_3.asp
Using the EDUCATION Next Website
and the Website for the Program for Education Policy and Governance at Harvard
You
can see the quick look at the top of this webpage or you can see the article
have two ways to see how Texas ranks with other states and how the United
States with others taking the PISA (Program on
International Student
Assessment):
Are U.S.
Students Ready to Compete? By Paul E. Peterson, Carlos Xabel Lastra-Anadón,
Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann http://educationnext.org/are-u-s-students-ready-to-compete/ The article provides extensive explanation.
Fall 2011 / Vol. 11, No. 4
You can find additional resources at the Program for Education Policy and
Governance at Harvard
Website: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg
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