Study: U.S. students improve in math, science

[OhioChick]

Source: AP

updated 1:33 p.m. ET, Tues., Dec. 9, 2008

WASHINGTON - In math and science, American kids are doing better than people think, an international study found. But some Asian countries have an edge in math that just keeps growing.

U.S. students have made significant gains in math since 1995 and score above average on international fourth- and eighth-grade tests in the subject, according to a study released Tuesday.

However, the United States has a long way to go to lead the world in math. The study reported dramatically higher math scores in five Asian countries — Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and Korea — than other countries participating in the study.

Even so, the findings contradict a persistent view in the United States that its children are lagging behind the rest of the developed world. An AP poll in June found that nearly two in five people believe American students do worse on math and science tests than those in most of the developed countries.

Not true, the authors of the report said.

"Certainly, our results do not show the United States trailing the developed world by any stretch of the imagination," said Ina V.S. Mullis, a Boston College research professor and co-director of the study.







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[patriotvoice]

1. ++good;

:bounce:

[Downtown Hound]

2. Good news, but we have a long way to go

especially in the sciences. It's kind of hard to excel in science when your president thinks that we lived at the same time as the fucking dinosaurs.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Obama is in tune:

Obama says he want to begin "elevating science once again, and having lectures in the White House where people are talking about traveling to the stars or breaking down atoms, inspiring our youth to get a sense of what discovery is all about. Thinking about the diversity of our culture and inviting jazz musicians and classical musicians and poetry readings in the White House."

"Historically, what has always brought us through hard times is that national character, that sense of optimism, that willingness to look forward, that sense that better days are ahead. I think that our art and our culture, our science--you know, that's the essence of what makes America special, and we want to project that as much as possible in the White House."

[Azlady]

4. Well, how about that! So why do the corporations say they have

no choice but to outcourse because we lack in Math & science? Hmmmmmm do I smell a LIE!!!!

[Duppers]

8. heck yes, corporations are lying! nt

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[senseandsensibility]

5. kick

Facts like this rarely penetrate through the organized rightwing efforts to demonize our schools.

[babylonsister]

6. There's a little nugget of good news. Education will be crucial. nt

[ihavenobias]

7. K & R, to the greatest n/t

[RainDog]

9. nice to hear some good news

I think Obama will emphasize educational issues, too, as ways to create a better economy.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. Let's hurry up and scrap NCLB.

Just kidding, I don't know the answer.