Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Finland does not need school vouchers

Finland once again came out top in the OECD’s latest PISA study of learning skills among 15-year-olds, with high performances in mathematics and science matching those of top-ranking Asian school systems in Hong Kong-China, Japan and Korea. But some low-performing countries showed only small improvements or actually did less well, widening the gap between the best and poorest performers.


Mathematics
Hong Kong-China
Finland
Korea
Netherlands
Liechtenstein
.....
United States (25th)

Reading
Finland
Korea
Canada
Australia
Liechtenstein
.....
United States (12th)

Science
Finland
Japan
Hong Kong-China
Korea
Liechtenstein
.....
United States (20th)

Problem Solving
Korea
Hong Kong-China
Finland
Japan
New Zealand
.....
United States (26th)


Full report here. Learn more about Finland's education system here and here.

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