New Brookings Institute Report….

on the US Educational system is out. It is in three different sections.

The first section looks at student achievement.

The reports shows an increase in NAEP math scores over the past few years.

The report says that no country in the world would even meet the NAEP advance score. The best scoring county was Singapore at 605 points which is 32 points below what is needed to get an advance score.

The second section looks at private high schools loosing students to public high schools. They say higher tuition is causing more private school students to go to public schools.

The third section is on the amount of time needed to teach a subject. They looked at time spent on math in the classroom and time spent on math homework for eighth grade students. Out of the 20 countries looked at 13 decreased time spent in the classroom and seven increased it. 10 countries that decreased time got lower scores, but the USA bucked the trend with higher scores. 5 countries that increased time got higher scores though.

In one small table they say that an increase of 1800 minutes of instruction time a year which is 10 minutes day can have a 19.0 increase in the TIMSS math scores.