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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (27584)	1/23/2005 10:28:27 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

We found another one! Message 20976821 (Actually, I didn't find this Yahoo; someone else pointed the turkey out. If they wish credit, they need only respond to this post or ask me to credit them.) Let it be noted that his most cited sources are the NYT or this guy: activistcash.com Some unpleasant facts: U.S. students rank high in literacy Imran Siddiquee The Daily Illini U.S. fourth graders rank high in literacy compared to students in other countries, according to a report released by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The April 8 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) showed that the United States performed better than 23 of the 34 countries participating in the survey. Sweden and England were some of the top performers while Iran and Kuwait were at the bottom of the list. Arlette Willis, University associate professor of curriculum and instruction, said the United States may be ranked high internationally because of some key exclusions. "Studies in the past have excluded children in special circumstances, which changes things," Willis said. illinimedia.com Development of performance scores in mathematical literacy, PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 PISA 2000 PISA 2003 Finland 536 544 Nordic countries 514 515 OECD 500 500 EU 491 475 United States 493 483 Japan 557 534 minedu.fi So much for that math claim. US outranked EU. That "Global Fortune 500" crack depends on what you measure: capital, profitability, market valie, .... Of the top 50 in market value, 29 are US. finfacts.com Getting more info requires subscribing to Fortune, which I ain't gonna do just to prove this twit wrong again. There are a great many assertions in there that are nothing but author's opinions and cannot be objectively established. NOTE: Expressing truths like this on Mish's thread will get you banned.