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This Report is available at:
www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/PEPG12-03_CatchingUp.pdfCondensed essay available at: http://educationnext.org
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Key Questions1. Is achievement in the U.S. improving?
2. Is the U.S. catching up with other countries?
3. Are there important differences among the states?
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Key Questions1. Is achievement in the U.S. improving?
YES
2. Is the U.S. catching up with other countries?
NO
3. Are there important differences among the states?
YES
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Commitment to Achievement Growth• Nation at Risk (1983)
• Stem a rising tide of mediocrity.
• George H. W. Bush and all Governors (1989)• Bring U. S. achievement up to top of world by 2000.
• Clinton: Goals 2000: • “All Americans can reach international competitive standards.”
• Bush: No Child Left Behind• “All students proficient by 2013”
• Obama: “We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.”
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Importance to the United States
“Human capital will determine power in the current century, and the failure to produce that capital will undermine America’s security.”
— Independent Task Force Report,
Condoleezza Rice, co-chair,
Council on Foreign Relations
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Sources of Information
1) NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
2) PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)
3) TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
4) PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
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Achievement Growth by Country and StateCombine All Tests
• Mathematics, reading, and science• Calculate average annual growth (in standard deviations)• 1 s.d. ≈ 4 grades
International analysis (PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS):• 1995 – 2009• 49 countries• 28 international tests• ages between 9 -15
U. S. state analysis (NAEP):
• 1992 - 2011 • 41 states• 4th and 8th grade
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Main International Findings
U.S. Annual gains • 1.6 percent of standard deviation• 22 percent of std. dev. over 14 years
Median of international performance• 24 countries do better • 24 countries do worse
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Annual Gains, 1995–2009
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Countries with high achievement growth(% of std. dev. per year)
• Latvia (4.7% std.dev.)• Chile (4.4)• Brazil (4.0)• Portugal (4.0)• Hong Kong (3.9)• Germany (3.8)
• Poland (3.7)• Liechtenstein (3.7)• Slovenia (3.6)• Columbia (3.3)• Lithuania (3.2)• United Kingdom (2.8)
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Have we painted too rosy a picture?• U. S. growth:
• All NAEP: 1.6% s. d. per year: 25th place• 8th grade NAEP: 1.0% s. d. per year; 21st place• PISA: 0.5 % s. d. per year; 26th place
• NAEP 17-year-olds
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State Rankings on Growth Rates: 1992-2011
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Which states performed best?
Massachusetts was a close 4th (3.1% std. dev.)
3.3.3%
std..3.3%
3.2%
std.33.2%
33.2%% std. dev.
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Countries with high achievement growth(% of std. dev. per year)
• Latvia (4.7% std.dev.)• Chile (4.4)• Brazil (4.0)• Portugal (4.0)• Hong Kong (3.9)• Germany (3.8)
• Poland (3.7)• Liechtenstein (3.7)• Slovenia (3.6)• Columbia (3.3)• Lithuania (3.2)• United Kingdom (2.8)
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Which states gained the least?
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Maine
Iowa
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State Growth Rate(% of std. dev.)
Rank among 41 states
New Jersey 2.7 % 7
California 2.3 17
Texas 2.3 18
New York 2.2 19
Colorado 2.2 20
Achievement Growth in Selected States
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Are Gains All at the Bottom?
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Does catch-up explain state growth?
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Do additional expenditures explain growth
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Achievement Growth and Economic Growth
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Key Questions1. Is achievement in the U.S. improving?
YES
2. Is the U.S. catching up with other countries?
NO
3. Are there important differences among the states?
YES
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Enigma of U.S. Education Policy
Recognitionof value of education
Recognition of need forimprovement
Setting of challenginggoals
FAILURE
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This Report is available at:
www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/Papers/PEPG12-03_CatchingUp.pdfCondensed essay available at: http://educationnext.org