The agonizing over a countries rankings in the PISA tests has always slightly bemused me. How come IQ tests have been largely debunked yet these PISA tests remain so revered?
Few seem to have asked the crucial questions ; who writes the tests, and how valid really are they as a measure of a country's general educational level?
It is painful to see administrators cooking up bureaucratic and unproven ways to raise results when the most effective remains the simplest ; small classes. Hire more teachers and assistants in the actual classroom and watch standards rise inexorably with the most value for money.
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