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I think the results were "adjusted". I am a former teacher in NC and I am pretty sure this is exaggerated.

nitabitasmith
December 12, 2012 9:50 a.m.

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"So, this means we DON'T have to spend more per pupil to get good results."

Or is it more likely that our scores will begin to drop as more teachers leave the profession. There is a lag effect. Funny thing is, is that you'd be saying the same thing if scores were bad-that we "shouldn't be throwing money at failed schools". Either way its obvious you just don't want to pay for education. Educational spending near the bottom of the nation speaks for itself.

Plenty Coups
December 11, 2012 5:24 p.m.

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"The only difference is that the students in other countries are not permitted to retake a test- so how can you compare apples with oranges!! You can't!!"

This test is administered the same way in every country.

Plenty Coups
December 11, 2012 5:21 p.m.

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How did we do this? Not even a year ago, the politicians and the media were painting a picture of gloom and doom and that we were falling behind. How indeed? Perhaps we weren't as bad as they thought?

tayled
December 11, 2012 5:19 p.m.

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The TIMSS test is not the EOG's. The EOG's are the ones that students can retake if they are within the standard deviation of test itself. TIMSS can not be retaken. So one is not comparing apples to oranges. The TIMSS test is administered the same way consistently so that you can analyze the data.

scovert73
December 11, 2012 5:07 p.m.

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The only difference is that the students in other countries are not permitted to retake a test- so how can you compare apples with oranges!! You can't!!

tbalmer1
December 11, 2012 4:18 p.m.

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"Study: NC students competitive with global counterparts"

Oh right, except that a majority of them can not properly dress themselves, even begin to speak proper English, not to mention a second or third language or balance a check book. The survey must have compared them to the Bushman.

piene2
December 11, 2012 4:03 p.m.

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What areas were tested? A few urban areas or the whole state? I can believe it if the results were pulled from mostly urban areas in our state, but I've got to tell you, it doesn't juve with what I've seen coming out of most of our rural school systems. Between all of the "my Billybob should be able to pray in school if he wants" and the rest of the issues the parents out there think are important (educational achievement seems to be about last on the list), and the lack of funds going to those regions as a percentage of total spending, there seems to be a large divide between the metropolitan and rural systems.

Banned4Life
December 11, 2012 3:59 p.m.

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So, this means we DON'T have to spend more per pupil to get good results.

JustAName
December 11, 2012 3:52 p.m.

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It is my hope to see the end of the Traditional Public School. We can do better, but we have to allow choice into the system. It does not exist at the moment.

whatelseisnew
December 11, 2012 3:46 p.m.

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