Blog Not with my child you won’t! Share This Post Education / National News Not with my child you won’t! By redkudzu_admin on February 7th 2014 No Comments / 78 views National Educational Standards are Based on Myths and False Premises Myth 1: International standardized tests are important indicators of international competitiveness Fact: The U.S. has never scored well on these tests, but still led the world in all economic indicators. The international tests began in the mid-sixties and the most important test, PISA began more recently. Since the 1960s, the U.S. has led the world in every significant prosperity indicator including patents, research and development funding, business formation, growth in productivity (Baker, 2007). During this time, the number of years that U.S. students topped the international test scores? None. (Ravitch, 2013) Read more… Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Note to Common Core/ESSA Proponents: You are the Gurus of Fake News. January 4th 2017 The ‘Truly Frightening’ Thing a Texas Teacher Allegedly Told One Mother November 24th 2014 Common Core assignment: Remove two amendments from ‘outdated’ Bill of Rights October 8th 2013