State standardized test results show River Falls still one of this area’s best school districts
March 30, 2012 at 7:51 am in River Falls Journal
A recent release of the annual Wisconsin Knowledge and Concept Exam (WKCE) scores that, overall, River Falls students generally perform higher than their peers in this part of the state. The tests were given last November. Continue Reading
I’m happy to see that River Falls schools are doing so well.
However, I remember the story about being a Big fish in a small pond or a Small fish in a big pond.
OECD rates educational institutions around the world. There latest report shows that, even with the lead in MOST $ spent per student, the US is #23 in performance in science, which is statisticlaly BELOW average of all nations. The US is #31 in performance in mathematics, which is statistically ABOVE OECD average. The US is #17 in performance of reading, which is NOT statistically different from the OECD average.
Judge the statistics however you like.
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