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**Enjoymmsq** · 02-16-2007, 03:59 PM

The countries on the top are all very state school orientated with very little private schools compared to the ones on the bottom. Thats a simple fact. Yes, but it doesn't necessarily follow that is the reason in regards to the scoring differences. That's simple logic.

My point (which you apparently agreed with, or, at least, didn't disagree with) is that the differences in the organization of the school systems possibly skewed the report. If you miss 1/7th of the students, and those 1/7th have the set of "opportunities" that the survey is looking for, then the survey is flawed... and largely useless.

At best, it might be a comparison between the quality of life of those children who attend government-run schools. Given that nowhere near all children in the US attend government-run schools (and never have, really), it cannot be accurately stated to be a comparative survey of all children in the US. Or the UK, if what you claim about the access to public/private education is so.

02-16-2007, 03:59 PM	#17
Enjoymmsq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 380 Senior Member	The countries on the top are all very state school orientated with very little private schools compared to the ones on the bottom. Thats a simple fact. Yes, but it doesn't necessarily follow that is the reason in regards to the scoring differences. That's simple logic. My point (which you apparently agreed with, or, at least, didn't disagree with) is that the differences in the organization of the school systems possibly skewed the report. If you miss 1/7th of the students, and those 1/7th have the set of "opportunities" that the survey is looking for, then the survey is flawed... and largely useless. At best, it might be a comparison between the quality of life of those children who attend government-run schools. Given that nowhere near all children in the US attend government-run schools (and never have, really), it cannot be accurately stated to be a comparative survey of all children in the US. Or the UK, if what you claim about the access to public/private education is so.
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