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Bishop, John H. – 1993
Despite similar cultural roots and standards of living, the secondary education systems of France, the Netherlands, England, Scotland, and the United States produce remarkably different levels of achievement in mathematics and science. An examination of achievement at a given age shows that the French and Dutch have learned the most, Americans the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Incentives, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textClements, Barbara S.; And Others – 1987
A summary of recommendations for improving the fiscal data portion of the Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data includes a discussion of the issues surrounding each recommendation. The following actions are recommended: (1) revenues and expenditures should include a breakdown of function by funds, and further detail should be…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Ellis, A. Caswell – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The most valuable result of right education is the broadening, deepening, and refining of human life. This result can no more be measured by dollars and cents than truth, self-sacrifice, and love can be made out of pork and potatoes. While the higher things of the soul are priceless rewards which true education brings, they are not its only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Educational History, Outcomes of Education
