tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post5346672632372809073..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Another Sputnik MomentMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-60340746629895381592011-02-07T17:25:47.682-06:002011-02-07T17:25:47.682-06:00> it scores at the very top only on PISA, not o...> it scores at the very top only on PISA, not on other international assessments.<br /><br />What other international assessments? TIMSS, in which it does not participate? http://nces.ed.gov/timss/countries.asp<br />1964's FIMS, in which Finland came 4th out of 12, and the U.S. 11thÉ http://www.iea.nl/fims.html <br /><br />No, they base this statement on the one time Finland participated in TIMSS, when it came 5th of the 12, and 14th overall, despite testees averaging 13.8 years old compared with an inter-<br />national mean of 14.4 years.<br /><br />That's hardly sufficient to lable something a 'myth'.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.com