NDLI: Children's Lives and Academic Achievement in Canada and the United States

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Gaffield, Chad
Copyright Year	1994
Abstract	ment of Educational Progress (IAEP), taken in 1991 by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey, are consistent with earlier findings. Rather than leading the world in academic achievement, children in the United States and Canada produced average scores that were quite similar to the international standard.' Not surprisingly, these results have provoked renewed debate about the quality and nature of schooling in North America. Why are the children of two of the richest countries in the world not at the head of the class?
Starting Page	36
Ending Page	64
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1086/447224
Volume Number	38
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/32290/1/Children's%20lives%20and%20academic%20achievement%20in%20Canada%20and%20the%20United%20States.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/32290/1/Children%27s%20lives%20and%20academic%20achievement%20in%20Canada%20and%20the%20United%20States.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1086/447224
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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