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Re: Barbados...more
Posted:
Jul 21, 1997 1:47 PM
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At 11:29 -0400 7/21/97, Tad Watanabe wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Charles J. Masenas wrote:
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>> The Barbados story can be found on the WEB. More content, different
>> title.
>> http://www.myrtlebeachaccess.com/news/97-5-21/barbado21.htm
In addition to the summary from the article posted by Tad Watanabe (note
that teaching methods are *not* one of the reasons the authors cite), I
found the following little gem.
Cumberbatch and Butcher say the system is not
perfect. Only about a quarter of Barbadian students get
the chance to attend two years of pre-university work
at a school such as Harrison; one in 10 get to a
university.
This raises an additional question. What is the population taking the SAT
in Barbados? Perhaps if we only looked at the scores of our top 25% (or
less) students, we would have equally remarkable scores.
Food for thought, Gary
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