Dear Finland-lovers: The country’s academic achievement is not all it’s cracked up to be, writes Tom Loveless. (The Brown Center Chalkboard)

Oops. Economist Arnold Kling finds a “rather shocking mathematical error” in the AP Microeconomics Exam, thanks to the help of a student. (AskBlog)

Your good news story of the day. A Penn State senior basketball star creates a middle-school pContinue Reading »

Today’s results from the 2009 PISA in reading, math and science skills of 15 year olds were released. See results (here) and commentary on it (here and here).There is always something of interest to be found in assessments like this. Clearly the highlight in this release was the amazing performance of Shanghai students. While China did not compete as a country, Shanghai did for the first Continue Reading »

The National Center for Education Statistics holds an annual Condition of Education event that’s sort of like a State of the Union speech, only without politics, fanfare, or clapping, and with graphs and a sole focus on education. Other than the annual “special analysis” section (this year’s is on International Assessments and will come out in the summer), all the informContinue Reading »