This shit is intriguing, man, don't deny it

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Almost 5000 students aged 11 or under are skipping school everyday.

No more spaces left in two-thirds of schools in London.

Approx. 50,000 11-year-olds failed to grasp the basic reading, writing, and math skills.

It's completely depressing where compulsory education is going around here. Granted, I can't say much since I've never set foot in a

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[r_amythest]

In London or in England

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When you say "high school graduation rate", are you referring to the American idea of graduating after 12th grade? Because in Britain, compulsory education ends at our equivalent of 10th grade. 11th/12th is referred to as "college," and is completely optional.

The problem is, England's standards are set very low, and they're not even achieving that much. Like I said, I don't have the experience of being in an English school, but I do know several kids at various grade levels who are, and some of the stuff they do is just...they're covering stuff at least a year behind the American system.

Yeah, but there AREN'T any standardized tests. I mean, you could say A-Levels are "standardized," since the exams are externally created and graded outside of individual schools, but A-Levels are close to being chucked out altogether, so what does that say?

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Yeah, that's what they use I believe. That would also explain the discrepancy between systems, and I believe that our rate would be even closer to the English rate if it weren't compulsory.

The OGTs are *ridiculously* simple. Here's some test prep material: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=216&ContentID=4347&Content=72923 Note that it's a test to be taken by the end of sophomore year, and you only need about a 60% to pass it. Also consider that Ohio is one of the better/best states in the US when it comes to public education.

I hope you aren't comparing your curriculum to theirs, at least. From what I've seen out of you, it's a good curriculum that'd be considered a high honors curriculum around America.

I thought I read something about SATs in England?

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Ridiculously simple, huh? I went through some sample math student questions and they are most certainly not ridiculously simple. Maybe "not very challenging," but I wouldn't call them simple.

dude, I wouldn't compare anything to the IB. The IB takes every world curriculum, and then cranks the difficulty up to eleven. They made it superhard so that no matter where the expats go, their education will be top-notch, never sub-par.

Haha, funny story, that. They're not SATs (Ess Ay Teez), they're Sats (Sats). There was confusion about this between me and some English kids in Year 8 a while back. XD SATs are the American standardized test taken by high school juniors/seniors. Sats are exams taken by primary schoolers in England when they're in KS3 or KS4 or fuck I don't know how the Key Stages work. XD