Why Are International Rankings of Educational Performance Problematic

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why are international rankings of educational performance problematic?

• A) They can be misleading about actual differences between ranks, and provide little in the way of context.
• B) Scores are based on other countries' definitions of what high performance is, rather than a US standard.
• C) The companies that set the rankings are often lobbied by specific schools or regions to earn higher marks.
• D) US students have greater access to classroom technology, which skews the scores and rankings.

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International Financial Reporting Standard that deals with the accounting for business combinations, guiding how companies should reflect mergers and acquisitions.

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