News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math.

Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by redcircle on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @10:32AM (#4910504)
Silicon Valley has so many tiger moms. Yet I bet that the Americans who succeed here, on any measure of success including just plain fun, were raised in America's lax educational system. I'd be surprised if anyone showed a correlation between standardized test scores and life success; in fact, I'd be surprised if people actually tried to look for such a correlation, instead of worrying that it is an important indicator.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by pflats on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @11:17AM (#4910806)
How on earth can you define life success?

SATs correlate positively with family income and negatively with incarceration rates. That seems like a start to me.

[ Parent | on HN ]