[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Feb 4 16:26:39 PST 2011


On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, SA wrote:


> So it's not surprising that the younger cohort has higher literacy
> scores than the older cohort - a pattern that exists in every country in the
> OECD study. What's surprising is how limited the increase was from one
> generation to the next. The increase is much greater in every other OECD
> country. In the US, the younger cohort's scores are +20 points lower than
> they would have been if the (very regular) pan-OECD pattern had played out in
> the US.

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but is it possible this was because the US was starting out from a higher literacy base?

Michael



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