On Nov 9, 6:52*pm, Howard Brazee wrote:
On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:51:43 -0800 (PST), Werner
wrote:

despite the fact that the U.S. spends the largest amount of money per
pupil in the world, standardized international achievement tests
reveal that U.S. public schools achieve mediocre scores.. For
example,

I'd prefer to measure the education throughout one's life. * *The goal
isn't to have the best 6th grade test takers, the goal is to have the
best educated work force. * *So that's what should be measured.

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There is probably a correlation between poor early education and
lifetime learning.