Exam 15: International Education

Government commissions in Japan are considering reforms that incorporate more positive aspects of education in the United States.For which of the following educational goals is Japan particularly seeking reform strategies?

Which country provides the best example of a highly centralized educational system?

Identify the steps that analysts have suggested developing countries take to improve education.

Resources devoted to education tend to be _____________ resources devoted to military forces.

According to a study of twelve industrialized nations, how does the United States rank with regard to expenditures on public education (grades 1-12) as a percentage of gross domestic product?

In the United States today, the rate of young people attending and completing higher education

According to UNESCO, about what percentage of African children attends primary schools?

Kevin, a high-school math teacher, claims that the U.S.educational system is performing better than has been portrayed in international studies.Which of the following arguments that he makes to support his position is not accurate?

Identify the characteristics that teachers all over the world tend to share.

Which of the following aspects of education appears to be most consistent among countries?

In a 2010 OECD ranking of countries for reading and math achievement among 15-year-olds, the United States placed:

According to researchers, developing nations that seek educational improvement should