The participants of the PISA tests represented the wealthiest parts of China. Critics say this means the Pisa results did not represent the entire country.
If anyone thinks any foreign company or group is going to be allowed to conduct a free, unbiased mass survey, poll or measure of the Chinese population, they are a fool.
For obvious political and power reasons, the Chinese Government will never allow such thing. If such a survey is allowed, it will be under their watchful eyes and “partnership.” Local officials, to avoid being embarrassed, will make sure the right schools and right students are involved.
“In recent years, China has been trying to reignite education reforms that emphasize creative thinking and life skills over test-preparation.”
Ha. That’s good news for us.
China will never be able to beat our diversity.
Two of my daughters were part of a sister cities exchange and I can say with authority that the Chinese students that came to America did not behave like the other student nationalities. The Chinese students were not behaving badly or rudely, they were just very quiet and passive as if they had never had much free time while growing up for social interaction with their peers.
Girls: China has fewer.
These educators there are smart enough to realize engineering is all spur of the moment with what you’ve got. Not rote memorization
Think mcguyver. My nickname
I read today Chinese students are four years ahead of our students. I had a wonderful new insight...
The proper way to put this is that our education bosses are four years behind the Chinese bosses. Our Education Establishment is totally incompetent or corrupt, take your pick.
Bruce Deitrick Price