Shanghai is Number One
in World Education Rankings
A global
educational study called PISA (Program for
International Assessment ) tests over 500,000 pupils in over 70
countries every three years. The 2010 results showed that pupils in Shanghai
are the world’s best in reading mathematics and science . PISA studies 15
year olds and their abilities in the three fields. The study
did not rank China as a whole but Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao as
separate countries.
South Korea, Singapore Taiwan and Japan were
other Asian nations that ranked well. In many western
countries the reading score was down. In Europe,
Finland still stays in the number one spot although it
is ranking third overall. Americans are, at
best, average , ranking 17th in reading,
23rd in science and 31st in mathematics.
Why
have Asian countries overtaken Europe and America in the tests? First,
they put more focus on education. Children,
parents and teachers know that a good education is the
key to being successful. They are not
tolerant when pupils fail . Asians believe that if you
do hard and succeed in school you will be successful in
your job as well.
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