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While socio-economic status is an important predictor for student performance within the same country, it does not explain why some poor countries such as Polan
by rbehrends 11y ago
While socio-economic status is an important predictor for student performance within the same country, it does not explain why some poor countries such as Poland and Estonia can outperform the US, while rich countries with very low inequality (such as Sweden and Norway) perform even worse.
- peterfirefly 11y ago"Socialism" might be a really good explanation for both Poland/Estonia and Sweden/Norway. (It takes some background knowledge to unpack but I really do believe it is the core reason. Different kinds of Socialism, though.)