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Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
When critiquing a 1992 IEA study of reading in 31 nations, Herbert Walberg unfairly panned U.S. reading instruction, considering that American 9-year-olds finished second and 14-year-olds tied for eighth place. Apparently, "progress" was down for high-scoring countries. Two UCLA researchers discovered that the Los Angeles student…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Dropout Rate, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Given that competition can motivate students to perform better on high-stakes tests, this article ponders what might be done to help students take the relatively low-stakes National Assessment of Educational Progress tests more seriously. So far, offering intrinsic and extrinsic rewards has yielded mixed or questionable results. (MLH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Motivation
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Discusses research by Marsha Buly and Sheila Valencia in the Fall 2002 issue of "Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis" on the success of Washington State's legislation mandating phonics-based reading instruction. Discusses contribution of music education to Finnish students' high scores in the Program of International Student…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Music Education
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Discusses results of latest Program of International Student Assessment developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that tested 15-year-olds in 32 countries in reading, mathematics, and science. Focuses on reaction to below-average results in Germany. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Jinfa Cai's study comparing Chinese and American sixth-grade students' mathematics performance found that American students did better on simple and complex problems than on computation. One reason might be Asian countries' stress on rote learning. Paul George's 1995 monograph "Japanese Schools: A Closer Look" found instruction…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Memorization
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Contends that measurement-driven instruction (MDI) has numerous interrelated and pernicious effects on curriculum, instruction, and learning. Shows that MDI fragments, narrows, deflects, and trivializes the learning experience and furthers the teacher-dominated classroom. Successful response to a set of questions does not equal understanding.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Measurement, Multiple Choice Tests
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Offers the final word on the measurement-driven instruction (MDI) debate in this "Kappan" issue. Claims that Popham's article is internally inconsistent and provides no examples of well-constructed, instructionally illuminative tests. Also lacking are teacher testimonials and evidence that MDI programs are cost-effective or oriented…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Measurement, Multiple Choice Tests
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Because the Reagan and Bush administrations accentuated the negative about American schools, there was little mention of U.S. students' average performance on the geography part of the 1992 Second International Assessment of Educational Progress. On the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (1994), U.S. eighth graders finished slightly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Discusses research on the extent, causes, and consequences of the shortage of public-school teachers in the United States. (PKP)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Incentives
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Despite being unremittingly attacked over the past decade, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) continues to thrive. The growth in SAT use has been stimulated by its critics and by Educational Testing Service and College Board promotional campaigns. The SAT is still erroneously used to summarize the quality of incoming classes and colleges. Includes…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, College Admission, Higher Education
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
A Hudson Institute study claims school administration is top-heavy. Actually, U.S. teachers constitute 78% of the instructional staff, which includes principals, assistant principals, librarians, and counselors. A 1998 OECD report shows that some nations have surpassed the U.S. graduation rate. The U.S. spends the most on higher education. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
An ETS adult-literacy study, ignored by the media, showed that teachers' prose, document, and quantitative literacy was higher than that of most other professionals. Administrators scored lower than teachers in all three literacies. Meanwhile, a highly publicized Home School Legal Defense study glorified privileged students' predictable test…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literacy
Bracey, Gerald W. – American School Board Journal, 1998
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould contends that .400 hitter in baseball is thing of past because game has gotten better. The higher average, the harder to stand out from that average. Applies concept to education by comparing students' SAT scores over almost 20 years with grade-point averages. Students with highest grades received highest SAT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
A study finds that American students are engaged with lessons only 54 percent of the time, due to external preoccupations and uninspired instruction. The Heritage Foundation's "No Excuses" report makes misleading correlations between scores, phonics, and socioeconomic variables. Florida housing prices reflect letter grades assigned to…
Descriptors: Alienation, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Phonics
Peer reviewedBracey, Gerald W. – Educational Researcher, 2000
Describes the tests used in the Final Year Study of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), noting a variety of problems that render any interpretation of the study problematic (e.g., misleading statements, age variation, the devastating character of the results, failure of quality controls, differences in populations…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Education, Quality Control
