| Factor |
Comparison With Other TIMSS Countries |
Within the U.S. |
| The Cost of Education as a Percent of GDP vs. Percent of Male
Teachers |
Increases 1% for each 25% decrease in the
percent of teachers who are males. Table 55-3, Indicator 55 and maleteachers.htm |
Increased 1% for each 3% decrease in the percent of teachers who
are males. Table 31 and NCES Digest of Education Statistics, pg.
79. |
| The Cost of Education as a Percent of GDP vs. Class Size |
Decreases 1% for each 14 student increase in the
average number of students per classroom, Table55_3.htm and classize.htm |
Increased 1% for each 3 student increase in the average
number of students per classroom. |
| The Cost of Education as a Percent of GDP vs. Math Skills |
Decreases 1% for each 40 point increase in TIMSS
Scores |
Across states, increases $20 per student per year for
each one point decrease in SAT Scores. In last 3 decades, increased 1% for each 35 point
decrease in SAT Scores. SAT
Scores and NCES Digest of Education Statistics, pg. 79. |
| Savings As a Percent of GDP vs. Math Skills |
Increase 1% for each 4 point increase in TIMSS
Scores. Table20_1.htm and "Bottom Line" |
Decreased 1% for each 10 point decrease in SAT Scores. |
| Math Skills vs. Classroom Size |
TIMSS Scores increase 4 points and
IAEP Scores increase 1.3 points for each 1 student increase in the number of students per
classroom. Table
23-2, Table 20-1, Table 16a |
SAT Scores decreased 20 points for each 1 student decrease in the average number of
students per classroom. SAT Scores decreased 2 points for each 1 student decrease in the
mean number of students taught per day by secondary teachers. SAT Scores and NCES
Digest of Education Statistics, pg. 79. |
| Math Skills vs. Percent of Teachers Who Are Males |
TIMSS scores increase 4 points for
each 1% increase in the percent of teachers who are males, and 2 points for each 1% increase in the percent of math
teachers who are males. |
SAT Scores decreased 16 points for each 1% decrease in the percent
of teachers who are males. SAT Scores and NCES Digest of Education
Statistics, pg. 79. |
| Math Skills vs. Percent of Teachers With MS Degrees |
|
SAT Scores decreased 3
points for each 1% increase in the percent of teachers with masters degrees. SAT Scores and NCES Digest of Education Statistics, pg.
79. |
| Math Skills vs Percent of Students Who Feel "I am good at
math." |
TIMSS Scores decrease 2 points for each 1% increase
in the percent of students who feel "I am good at math."
IAEP Scores decrease 1 point for each 1% increase in
the percent of students who feel "I am good at math." Richard
Bennett |
While female American teachers say "I am a good teacher", and
while females are 55% of all college admissions, they constitute only 1.5% of the top half of the Graduate Record Exam |
| Math Skills vs. Percent of Females With a Higher Education |
- TIMSS scores increase 3 points
for each 1% decrease in the percent of females with a higher education. Table 23-1 and Table
20-1
- IAEP Math scores decrease
3 points for each 1% increase in the percent of females with a higher education. Table 23-1, Table
23-1.
- IAEP Science scores
decrease 2 points for each 1% increase in the
percent of females with a higher education. Table 23-1, Table 23-2.
|
SAT Scores decreased 5 points for each 1% increase in the
percent of female high school graduates who enrolled in college. SAT Scores and Indicator Table 8-2 |
| Math Skills vs. Percent of Females in the Labor Force |
TIMSS Scores decrease 1 point for each 1%
increase in the percent of females in the labor force. |
The gender gap still exists in SAT, GRE, ACT, NAEP, IAEP,
and TIMSS scores |
| Savings as a percent of GDP vs. Percent of Females With a Higher
Education. |
Decreased 2% for each 1%
increase in the percent of females with a higher education. Table 23-1and "Bottom
Line" in Asiaweek. |
U.S. Personal Savings disappear due to the physical,
mental, and emotional gender gap between males and females |
| The Cost of Education as a Percent of GDP vs. Percent of Females
With a Higher Education. |
Increases 1% for each 5%
increase in the percent of females with a higher education. Table 23-1 and Table
55-3, Indicator 55 |
Increased 1% for each 5% increase in the
percent of females with a higher education. |
| Starting Salaries vs. Math Skills |
|
Annual incomes increase by $84 for each 1 point increase in SAT
Math Scores, and by $64 for each 1 point increase in GRE
Scores. Table 21-4, and Table
130. |
| How a Random Scatter Plot Looks |
|
Sample Random Scatter Plot |
| "PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
IN EDUCATION", U.S Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement, "Fathers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools", NCES 98-091 |
| In single-mother households,
the mothers' moderate involvement in their children's educations decreases their
likelihood of getting mostly A's by 32%. |
Table B8 & Table B6 |
| In single-mother households,
the nonresident fathers' moderate involvement in their children's educations increases
their likelihood of getting mostly A's by 39% |
Table 10 & Table B5 |
| In single-father households,
the fathers' moderate involvement in their children's educations increases their
likelihood of getting mostly A's by two fold |
Table B7 |
| In two-parent families, fathers' "highly
involved" in their children's educations increase the probability of children getting
"mostly A's" by 35%, while the mothers involvement decreases the probability. |
Table B2 |
| CONCLUSIONS |
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| US GDP declined 164 million ounces of gold for each 1
point decrease in SAT scores. |
|
SAT Scores and gold.htm |
| Decreasing total
expenditures for education from 7.9% of GDP to 4.8% (a level equivalent to Japan) would
save taxpayers $232 billion/year. |
|
gold.htm |
| |
| Increasing SAT Scores 98
points could increase GDP by the equivalent of 16.1 billion ounces of gold, or $4.9
trillion. |
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Failure to aggressively research and correct this problem is a
multi-trillion dollar loss to more than just taxpayers--it condemns our youth to lifelong
social pathologies. |
