American Education, Panel 1

Jun 27, 2008

Library of Congress Strong American Schools

Economists and Educators debated the economic implications of the state of American education. Librarian of Congress, Dr. James H. Billington opened the forum on the role of education in America's economic future. His remarks were followed by a panel on a comparative study of the U.S. education system with those in other countries. Among .. Read More
Economists and Educators debated the economic implications of the state of American education. Librarian of Congress, Dr. James H. Billington opened the forum on the role of education in America's economic future. His remarks were followed by a panel on a comparative study of the U.S. education system with those in other countries. Among the issues they addressed were preparing students for competitive roles in the global economy, technological demands of the U.S. labor market, and the pace of education reform.

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00:00:06 Unidentified Speaker TODAY, THE GROUP STRONG AMERICAN SCHOOLS HOSTED THIS FORUM ON AMERICAN EDUCATION AT THE LIBRARY OF...
00:00:28 Unidentified Speaker WELL GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME. MY NAME IS TOM TOCH AND I WILL BE HELPING FACILITY TODAY'S CONFERENCE....
00:02:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU HERE TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS INCLUDING THOSE OF...
00:08:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DR. BILLINGTON. THE LIBRARY PROTECTIVE OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP OF THEIR WORDS HAS ASKED...
00:10:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF ALL, TO LIGHT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL...
00:12:33 Unidentified Speaker EDUCATION. BUT OUR DATA ALSO SHOWS THE FIRST MANEUVER ADVANTAGE WHICH
00:12:39 Unidentified Speaker BOTH UNITED STATES GAINED AFTER WORLD WAR II HAS THE MINISTER QUITE A BIT BECAUSE OTHER COUNTRIES...
00:14:01 Unidentified Speaker QUALIFICATIONS. HUGE CHANGE AND THAT UNDERLINES WHY IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO BECOME BETTER AS YOU CAN...
00:15:40 Unidentified Speaker AND MORE PEOPLE GET HIGH LEVEL QUALIFICATION SOONER OR LATER THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A MASSIVE INFLATION...
00:29:03 Unidentified Speaker LOTS OF PEOPLE REALLY DOING RATHER POORLY. THE LOW LEVEL ONE. BECAUSE OF THOSE STUDENTS AT RISK AND...
00:29:19 Unidentified Speaker I ASSURE YOU THE DATE AT THE
00:29:21 Unidentified Speaker MOMENT AND NOW WHAT THE CONTRAST THE UNITED STATES WITH KOREA. KOREA WAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S DOING...
00:29:30 Unidentified Speaker THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT SO WELL. WHAT DISTINGUISHES KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES? IS NOT THE TOP...
00:29:56 Unidentified Speaker EXTREMELY WELL ON THIS TEST. ON PIECE OF A STILL DO WELL BUT NOT EXTREMELY WELL. BECAUSE MANY STUDENTS...
00:30:06 Unidentified Speaker REPRODUCING SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE. BUT THEY STRUGGLE WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING THAT KNOWLEDGE AND...
00:30:22 Unidentified Speaker DOES IT MATTER? INTERESTING FROM CANADA FOR 2015-YEAR-OLDS FROM THE YEAR 2000 AND WHAT HAPPENED TO...
00:31:58 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A DIFFICULT COMPARISON BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS UNIQUE IN THAT EXPENDITURE VARIOUS LOCALLY...
00:33:56 Unidentified Speaker TEACHERS INTO A HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTORS THAT INVOLVE THINGS LIKE COACHING CLASS, MOVING TEACHER TRAINING...
00:34:57 Unidentified Speaker COUNTRIES THAT HAS SORT OF DECENTRALIZED CONTROL OVER INPUTS AND CONTROL OVER OUR OUTPUTS AND MOST...
00:35:36 Unidentified Speaker LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIRING THEIR OWN PERSONNEL AND WHETHER THEY OPERATE WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF...
00:36:28 Unidentified Speaker PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS THE CONTRAST DOESN'T MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
00:36:30 Unidentified Speaker THESE ARE THE RELATIVE SHARES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE OECD COUNTRIES. THE LIGHT GREEN...
00:39:16 Unidentified Speaker SO, WHAT DOES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ME?
00:39:18 Unidentified Speaker HAMAS EDUCATION COME INTO THAT EQUATION? LET'S LOOK OF THE RED BAR SEE
00:39:22 Unidentified Speaker HOW TO DECOMPOSE ACTUALLY. YOU CAN SEE THAT FIRST OF ALL OF COURSE IF YOU WORK LONG HOURS IT IS GOING...
00:40:33 Unidentified Speaker STORY LINE. MANY OF THE CHALLENGES EDUCATION SYSTEM SPACE SEEM TO BE MANAGEABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
00:40:51 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS GARY PHILLIPS AND I'M PLEASED...
00:41:14 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
00:41:16 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS GARY PHILLIPS AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE. AND THEY ARE...
00:41:45 Unidentified Speaker COMPETITIVE MESS AND SO THAT IS WHY I DID THIS STUDY.
00:41:50 Unidentified Speaker ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS STUDY IS THE FACT THAT I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS...
00:42:18 Unidentified Speaker WHAT EACH OF THESE WORLDWIDE PROBLEMS HAVE IN COMMON? CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFORESTATION, OZONE DEPLETION,...
00:42:31 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THESE ARE LARGE CONTRACT WILL SCIENCE MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS....
00:44:26 Unidentified Speaker COMPARE THE NOTES SO WE COULD DECIDE WHAT DID WE DO RIGHT, WHAT DID WE DO WRONG, WHAT DO WE NEED TO...
00:44:52 Unidentified Speaker SELECTED 30 STUDENTS TO GO TAKE
00:44:54 Unidentified Speaker THE TEST AND WHEN WE DID THAT EVERYBODY LAUGHED AT THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO TAKE THE TEST...
00:45:20 Unidentified Speaker SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE PARENTAL SUPPORT, CULTURAL SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION. OKAY. SO HOW MUCH MATH...
00:45:35 Unidentified Speaker U.S. HAVE? HOW KLODEN ARE THEY? DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON? OKAY. BASED ON THE LAST ASSESSMENT...
00:46:06 Unidentified Speaker POPULATION WERE AT THAT LEVEL. THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN THE U.S. UNDERSTANDS VERY LITTLE SCIENCE. WE...
00:48:09 Unidentified Speaker PER GALLON ON A TRIP. AND 58% ALMOST 60% CANNOT CALCULATE 10% TIP ON THEIR LUNCH.
00:48:15 Unidentified Speaker NOW, WHEN I PUT THIS IN THEIR REPORT, WHICH I GOT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THIS IS PROBABLY...
00:48:36 Unidentified Speaker WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOT ENOUGH
00:48:37 Unidentified Speaker STUDENTS IN THE WORK FORCE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH, WE KNOW THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH...
00:49:14 Unidentified Speaker RELATING TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. IN JAPAN 64% AND IN SOUTH KOREA, 41%. IN THE...
00:50:26 Unidentified Speaker UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY STACK
00:50:28 Unidentified Speaker UP AGAINST OTHER STATES, THE NATION, AND THE WORLD. THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED....
00:50:43 Unidentified Speaker HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST AND EVEN IN THE PRESENT. MANY STATE POLICY...
00:51:15 Unidentified Speaker EDUCATION SEVEN YEARS AGO. FLAW IS OF COURSE THE SELECTIVE NATURE OF THE POPULATION. WHEN A STORE...
00:51:59 Unidentified Speaker PROCESS. THE TROUBLE WITH THAT IS THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A SYSTEMATIC LOOK AT THIS WHICH WAS THE...
00:53:25 Unidentified Speaker SO, THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS YOU CANNOT USE CRITERIA REFERENCE TESTS TO DEVELOP
00:53:31 Unidentified Speaker LOCALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMPARABLE ACROSS THE STATES TO SEE HOW YOU ARE DOING AND TO GET SOME...
00:54:29 Unidentified Speaker IN MATHEMATICS THAN THEY ARE IN JAPAN OR IN CANADA. STILL TODAY WE DO NOT KNOW THAT. THAT IS A QUESTION...
00:54:36 Unidentified Speaker AN ANSWER TO. SO, HOW COULD ANYONE IN CALIFORNIA OR THE SUPERINTENDENT IN LOS ANGELES, HOW COULD,...
00:55:08 Unidentified Speaker BUT NAEP WILL BE GONE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW NAEP RESULTS STOCK UP AGAINST INTERNATIONAL...
00:56:16 Unidentified Speaker SAME SIMILAR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT YOU CAN EXPRESS ONE IN TERMS OF THE OTHER. WHAT I ASK THE QUESTION...
00:57:41 Unidentified Speaker ONCE YOU GET THE RIGHT METRIC. THIS HAMAS TRUE WITH HIM. IT HAS ITS OWN METRIC BUT IF WE CAN CONVERT...
00:58:10 Unidentified Speaker LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON NAEP INVESTMENTS OF THE QUESTION WHAT WOULD THE BASIC PROFICIENCY ...
00:58:22 Unidentified Speaker AND ONCE I KNOW WHAT THE SCORE IS ON THE TEST I CAN THEN LOOK TO THE DATA AND SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS...
00:59:01 Unidentified Speaker BEATING US TO DEATH OVER THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND HAVE A BUNCH OF COUNTRIES NOT DOING SO WELL...
01:00:08 Unidentified Speaker COUNTRY. NOW WE CAN TAKE SINCE NAEP THIS STATE-BY-STATE ASSESSMENT WE CAN LOOK AT THE DISTRICT OF...
01:01:14 Unidentified Speaker AND THEN HERE IS MARYLAND FOR SCIENCE.
01:01:27 Unidentified Speaker AND HERE IS VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA LOOKS A LOT LIKE MARYLAND. AND WE DO THE SAME THING FOR
01:01:37 Unidentified Speaker VIRGINIA AND SCIENCE. EVERY STATE, ALL 50 STATES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE REPORT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING...
01:07:19 Unidentified Speaker CHASE STEWART FROM JOBS OF THE FUTURE IN BOSTON. SINCE WE'RE IN D.C. AND FOUND OUT AS THE QUESTION...
01:08:40 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO EASILY IS TO CONVERT THE DATA INTO EARNINGS FOR EXAMPLE. YOU LOOK AT...
01:09:24 Unidentified Speaker BOB WISE WITH AN EDUCATION. STATISTICAL LINKING IS PROVIDING A GREAT TOOL BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME...
01:10:05 Unidentified Speaker LET ME RESPOND TO THE LINKING QUESTION. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH STATISTICAL LINKING...
01:11:03 Unidentified Speaker JUST ONE WORD IN ADDITION TO THE NATURE OF THE INSTRUMENT. OF COURSE, THE COMPETITOR COUNTRIES ARE...
01:11:29 Unidentified Speaker DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT SO IF YOU LOOK FOR EXAMPLE AT ALL TESTS IT IS A GROUP OF COUNTRIES THAT IS ...
01:11:59 Unidentified Speaker BY THE WAY OF ASSUMING EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE ACRONYM TIMS STANDS FOR BUT IT IS THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL...
01:12:13 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AT THE REQUEST IN FOR GARY MOSTLY. AS I TOLD YOU EARLIER I LIKE...
01:14:20 Unidentified Speaker IS A GREAT QUESTION AND I REALLY HAVE A GOOD ANSWER BUT IT IS WAY TOO TECHNICAL. WOMEN IN GENERAL...
01:15:43 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR ANDREA. YOU POINT OUT IMPLORINGLY THE UNITED STATES ISN'T DOING WORSE WHEN...
01:16:34 Unidentified Speaker AND OF D.C. HAVE ADAPTED TO THAT BUT INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS SHOW IS WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE,...
01:16:49 Unidentified Speaker THE I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE NEXT UP IS WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THE SYSTEMS THAT DO...
01:17:54 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS IN THIS COUNTRY HOPES A SIGNIFICANT DEBATE WE ENGAGED IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS BETWEEN THOSE...
01:18:33 Unidentified Speaker YOU CAN SEE THIS WITH IN COUNTRIES, I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO SHOW A CHART THAT SHOWS MANY SCHOOLS IN...
01:19:09 Unidentified Speaker TREND IS OBSERVABLE. THE OLDER YOU ARE THE LARGER THE DIFFERENT WAY. AND, WENT TO SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES...
01:20:38 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:20:40 Unidentified Speaker WILL DANIEL GONZLAES, A QUESTION FOR ANDREA'S. IS THERE ANY CORRELATION LOOKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY'S...
01:20:53 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DISCERN THE RELATIONSHIP. THE COUNTRY WHERE...
01:21:03 Unidentified Speaker AT THREE, FOUR, 56 AND SOME BEST PERFORMING COUNTRIES AND SEVEN EVEN AT THE SCHOOL STARTING AGE IS...
01:21:58 Unidentified Speaker BILL OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS. QUESTIONED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION AND COMPATIBILITY...
01:22:02 Unidentified Speaker QUESTIONED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION AND COMPATIBILITY OF THESE COUNTRIES. U.S. SCHOOL BOARDS ARE ELECTED...
01:22:21 Unidentified Speaker AND REALLY VERY. THE DISTRIBUTION OF DECISION MAKING IN A EDUCATION IS A HUGE REBUILDING. THERE ARE...
01:23:19 Unidentified Speaker LAHOOD TELL US WHO YOU ARE.
01:23:21 Unidentified Speaker HELENA FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE THAT COMES AT OF MY OBSERVATIONS FROM SINGAPORE...
01:23:25 Unidentified Speaker ONE THAT COMES AT OF MY OBSERVATIONS FROM SINGAPORE WHICH I VISITED IN JANUARY. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT...
01:25:09 Unidentified Speaker ON A QUESTION OF IT SINGAPORE, IT IS HARD, WHAT I THINK ONE CAN SAY FOR ASIAN SYSTEMS IS EDUCATIONAL...
01:27:37 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S NOT MUCH VARIATION BY STATES AND IT WAS JUST AN EFFECT
01:27:43 Unidentified Speaker OF THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TIE THAT IN ANY WAY TO THE OBSERVED PERFORMANCE RESULTS....
01:28:16 Unidentified Speaker IN THE BACK.
01:28:18 Unidentified Speaker THIS MAY BE A VERY GOOD QUESTION, I AM THE SHARE AT THE COUGAR IS CENTERED IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS....
01:28:42 Unidentified Speaker WE DO THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR SURVEY OF 15 YEARS OLD OF PISA COMMAND INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOLS HAVE...
01:29:23 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE. GO AHEAD.
01:29:30 Unidentified Speaker I AM FRED IT WITH A COMMUNITY EDUCATION OF LABOR. MY QUESTION IS FOR ANDREA'S. THE NEW MENTIONED EARLIER...
01:29:51 Unidentified Speaker AS AN INTERESTING QUESTION. BUT WE CERTAINLY DO SEE IS MANY OF THE HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNTRY IS WILL...
01:30:14 Unidentified Speaker TIED TO SALARIES LIFE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN ARGUE ENTRY AT A LEVEL OF THE SALARIES ARE VERY GOOD INFLUENCE...
01:31:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU REMIND BOTH OF YOU FOR TO INTERESTING

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