Hello Larry?? Why are you comparing 4th and 8th grade scores? Even if 8th grade math scores aren't as high as some other countries we're still higher then James' country.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/nac/documents/Gathering_Storm.pdf Scroll to PDF page 72: HOW IS AMERICA DOING NOW IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? By most available criteria, the United States is still the undisputed leader in the performance of basic and applied research.1 In the latest IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the United States ranks first, followed by Hong Kong and Singapore. The survey compares economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure. Larger economies are further behind, with Zhejiang (China's wealthiest province), Japan, the United Kingdom, and Germany ranked 20 though 23, respectively.2 An extensive review by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) concludes that since World War II, US leadership in science and engineering has driven its dominant strategic position, economic advantages, and quality of life.3 Researchers in the United States lead the world in the volume of articles published and in the frequency with which those papers are cited by others.4 US-based authors were listed on onethird of all scientific articles worldwide in 2001.5 Those publication data are significant because they reflect original research productivity and because the professional reputations, job prospects, and career advancement of researchers depend on their ability to publish significant findings in the open peer-reviewed literature. The United States also excels in higher education and training. A recent comparison concluded that 38 of the world's 50 leading research institutionsthose that draw the greatest interest of science and technology studentswere in the United States.6 Since World War II, the United States has been the destination of choice for science and engineering graduate students and for postdoctoral scholars choosing to study abroad. Our nationabout 6% percent of the world's populationhas for decades produced more than 20% of the world's doctorates in science and engineering.7 On 10/28/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow, you must think we're all morons. > > http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2007/sb20071025_827398. > > htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story > > The Science Education Myth > > Forget the conventional wisdom. U.S. schools are turning out more > > capable science and engineering grads than the job market can support > > Just select members of this list obviously. > > But the stats speak for themselves, in the last comparison, in 2003 (there is > one being conducted now, the report should be out late next year) in terms of > mathematicsthe United States was well behind such intellectual powerhouses as > Latvia, http://timss.bc.edu/PDF/t03_download/t03cdrpt_chapter4.pdf. Regarding > sciences the US did not perform as poorly but was still 9th, > http://timss.bc.edu/PDF/t03_download/T03_S_Chap1.pdf > > In other words you're wrong. While above average (especially when compared to > countries such as Iran, Ghana and Chile), the mean scores on sciences and > maths are well behind Singapore, Korea, Estonia and Japan. Given the > resources that the US has, it should be considerably higher on these > measures. When the 2007 TIMSS results come out next year hopefully the US > will show some improvement. > > http://nces.ed.gov/ssbr/pages/international.asp > > for the full report see: http://timss.bc.edu/timss2003i/mcgdm.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
