says massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and finland just one.
says massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and finland just one.
thomas ratliff
dec 29, 2011 ... the scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values ... years  finnish students have been turning in some of the highest test scores in the world . ... every three years by the organization for economic co-operation and ... pisa  performance of the united states has been middling, at best.
dec 17, 2012 ... finland, which is the envy of all public school systems in the world, has one. ...  before at flawed claims about the extent of student testing in texas. ... in an  austin american-statesman opinion piece: "massachusetts, the envy of all public  school systems in the united states, has three state-mandated tests.
feb 15, 2018 ... in the past, school shootings weren't so unique to the united states. ... it came  just three months after a gunman in parkland, fla., shot and killed ... the country  tightened gun legislation following a mass shooting in 1996. ... but it's still more  populous than finland, a european country that has fewer weapons ...
politifact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected ...  thomas ratliff, initially elected to the state board of education in 2010, was ...  says massachusetts has three state-mandated student tests and finland just one .
there is a perception among policymakers and the public that u.s. students  spend less ... including high-performing countries such as korea, finland, and  japan. ... of u.s. students—california, florida, new york, texas, and  massachusetts. ... even in most of those states, the reduced hours only apply to  grades 1 through 3.