Summarized from ST
13 May 2015
SINGAPORE – Singapore has done it again, topping the biggest global school rankings published by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Asian countries took the top five spots; African countries were at the bottom.
The analysis, based on test scores in maths and science in 76 countries, is a much wider map of education standards than the OECD’s Pisa tests, which focus on more affluent industrialised countries.
The rankings are based on a combination of international tests taken in different regions, putting developed and developing countries on a single scale.
The report, published by the OECD, argues that the standard of education is a “powerful predictor of the wealth that countries will produce in the long run”. It also wrote: “Poor education policies and practices leave many countries in what amounts to a permanent state of economic recession.”
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