Cram school for test preparation has also gained appeal with American
caucasian parents with the offering of ‘Chinese rigor’ with western style
teaching methods (Spencer-Oatey 2012). This may have been fuelled by the
surprising results of the 2009 OECD’s Programme for International Student
Assessment (PISA) tests (which had Chinese students participating for the
first time) showing children from Shanghai being ranked first in every test
area. UK students came in 25th for reading, sixteenth for science and 28th
for maths while US students ranked seventeenth in reading, 23rd in science
and 31st in math.8 The British Education Secretary has advocated for tougher
curriculum and more rigorous examinations in British education, and compared
it with places such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Massachusetts and Finland
(Dominiczak 2013). A recent Harvard University study of 220,000 teenagers in 29 countries has shown that countries with more private schools achieve
higher grades in examinations (Shepherd 2010). This is expected to fuel even
greater interest in private school education, which has always seen intense
competition for places in both eastern and western countries.
Cram school for test preparation has also gained appeal with Americancaucasian parents with the offering of ‘Chinese rigor’ with western styleteaching methods (Spencer-Oatey 2012). This may have been fuelled by thesurprising results of the 2009 OECD’s Programme for International StudentAssessment (PISA) tests (which had Chinese students participating for thefirst time) showing children from Shanghai being ranked first in every testarea. UK students came in 25th for reading, sixteenth for science and 28thfor maths while US students ranked seventeenth in reading, 23rd in scienceand 31st in math.8 The British Education Secretary has advocated for toughercurriculum and more rigorous examinations in British education, and comparedit with places such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Massachusetts and Finland(Dominiczak 2013). A recent Harvard University study of 220,000 teenagers in 29 countries has shown that countries with more private schools achievehigher grades in examinations (Shepherd 2010). This is expected to fuel evengreater interest in private school education, which has always seen intensecompetition for places in both eastern and western countries.
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