1. Academic Performance of U.S. Schools Teresa Meyer SOC 1020-042 Deidre Tyler, Professor

2.  U.S. scores compared to other industrialized nations  PISA results chart  What makes a school successful? Table of Contents

3.  U.S. schools fall below other industrialized nations  Math, Reading, and Science scores are all lower than China, Korea, and Finland  China and Finland lead the world in education  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july- dec10/education_12-10.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july- dec10/education_12-10.html U.S. Schools vs. Other Nations

4. U. S. Schools Vs. Other Nations * 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment Results (PISA) - U. S. scores lower http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/12/46643496.pdf http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/12/46643496.pdf

5. Research article and chart

6. Resources, Policies, and Practices * Provide all students the same education regardless of socio-economic backgrounds * Greater autonomy to individual schools in designing curriculum and establishing policies * Teacher’s pay prioritized over class size * Pre-primary education * Better discipline, more positive behavior among teachers, and positive teacher-student relations increases reading scores What makes schools successful? http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/60/46619703.pdf

7. Private, Public, and Charter Schools Which is best?  There is much debate because data doesn’t compare apples to apples  The demographics and location make a difference in the data  Private and charter school can hand-pick their students so data  Raw data scores of private schools scoring higher does NOT take in socio-economic factors  http://www.projectappleseed.org/public-private.html http://www.projectappleseed.org/public-private.html

8. U. S. Report Card by School Type Raw Scores http://www.ncspe.org/publications_file s/OP111.pdf

9. U. S. Report Card by School Type Demographic and location controls http://www.ncspe.org/publications_file s/OP111.pdf

10. RankSchoolCity, State 1School of Science and Engineering MagnetDallas, TX 2School for the Dallas Talented and Gifted Magnet Dallas, TX 3BASIS TucsonTucson, AZ 4Stanton College PreparatoryJasonville, FL 5Gatton Academy of Math and ScienceBowling Green, KY 6Jefferson County IB SchoolBirmingham, AL 7Signature SchoolEvansville, IN 8UniversityIrvine, CA 9Suncoast CommunityRiviera Beach, FL 10North Hills PreparatoryIrving, TX Top 10 High Schools in the U.S. Newsweek