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Four Steps Process to Enhance the US PISA Test Results as Per Teachers Union Chief

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AFT (American Federation of Teachers) President Randi Weingarten shared her opinion on how US can pump up the PISA (the Program for International Student Assessment) test results. At a breakfast hosted at the St.RegisHotel, Ms. Weingarten opined that the US must take an example from other nations to improve performance on the PISA test.

As per the latest comparative results of the 15 years old students, US teens performed just average in science and reading. The scores for mathematics were even more disappointing. The international competition commenced worldwide in 2000 and there have been no key improvements in the test results.

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The Education Secretary Arne Duncan labeled the PISA results as “picture of educational stagnation”.

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The countries that performed better than the US have a deep sense of respect and they value public education, observed Randi Weingarten, the current president AFT with huge member base of 1.5 million teaching professionals.

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