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That’s just because Americans are richer across the Board than Japanese. But would we expect PISA scores to track absolute income across different developed cou
by rayiner 1y ago
That’s just because Americans are richer across the Board than Japanese. But would we expect PISA scores to track absolute income across different developed countries? I don’t think that follows. For example, Sweden’s median household income (PPP) is 2.6x higher than Poland’s. But the two countries had very similar scores on the 2018 PISA: http://hechingerreport.org/what-2018-pisa-international-rankings-tell-us-about-u-s-schools/ http://hechingerreport.org/what-2018-pisa-international-rank...
- diogenescynic 1y agoI think one of the biggest factors comes down to single parent vs intact families.
- tankenmate 1y agoI'm interested; do you have any good stats for that?
- diogenescynic 1y agoI am on my phone but you can Google and find lots of data that shows dual parent/intact families correlate positively with a bunch of other factors like income, college graduation, etc. More parents=more resources. More resources is generally better than less. Having kids myself, I can barely imagine being able to do it by myself... and even if I could it would certainly be to a lesser quality.
- chongli 1y agoSweden has the highest proportion of single-parent households at 34% whereas Poland is near the bottom at 9% [1]. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/edn-20210601-2 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/e...
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoOne possible synthesis is that the high incomes in Sweden make up for the high number of single-parent households.
- diogenescynic 1y agoI almost noted in my prior comment that income is the second biggest factor but left that out. Totally agree that income is a big part of the equation. I also bet because it's Sweden it also has to do with public services like childcare being available.
- peterfirefly 1y ago"Single-parent households" in Scandinavia doesn't mean the same thing as it does in most of the world. There is usually still a high degree of coparenting.