Finnish language is so easy, that's why.
Pisa 2006, Finlandia arrasa
Trust the Spaniards to leak out everything...
Full PISA results will be published on Tuesday 4 December 2007; advance details are being made available following the publication by a Spanish magazine of partial leaked figures.
And are the Swedes pissed off...?? Just a bit..
Sweden tumbling from 18th to 22nd place since the last PISA study in 2003.
http://www.thelocal.se/9247/20071129/
Sweden tumbling from 18th to 22nd place since the last PISA study in 2003.http://www.thelocal.se/9247/20071129/
People do not become more irritable as they grow old - they simply stop making the effort to avoid annoying others.
That's the main thing here innitsinikettu wrote:And are the Swedes pissed off...??
Nah not really. As always, it's best to take this kind of surveys with a pinch of salt - they can not, and do not indicate absolutely everything about the education system, let alone the countries themselves as such.
...and yet... not that bad for a "bog standard Nordic country" eh...?
Yes, France hasn't done too well either (and now the teachers are going on strike AGAIN because Sarko has dared to pronounce the word "reform"...) and they didn't do any better on this one (Pirls) either:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7117230.stm
...which Finland didn't bother to enter probably for the reason given by Mark I. at the top of the thread.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7117230.stm
...which Finland didn't bother to enter probably for the reason given by Mark I. at the top of the thread.