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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)

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