Continuing Quote by Thomas Sowell

The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the…

— John Stossel

You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids,…

— John Merrow

“Nations such as Finland, Canada, Japan, and South Korea spend time and resources improving the skills of their teachers, not selectively firing them in…

— Diane Ravitch

American education will be determined by the quality of American public education, and that's public schools that are available.

— Mark Shields

“Since the vast majority of factors affecting test scores occur outside school, test scores are poor measures of school quality, teacher quality and student…

— Terry Marselle

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

— Howard Gardner

I say, too, with education, America needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really…

— Sarah Palin

“And whether or not the educators who are trying to raise up America's students can actually set and meet higher academic standards, our cultural…

— Tony Danza

If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand you don't…

— Jonathan Kozol

Of course, the American education system is very inefficient in many ways compared to other countries in Europe or Japan, but it works in…

— John Forbes Nash, Jr

Well, just as in the quality of public schools, there is massive disparity and the compensation given to the public school teachers.

— Charles Best

Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in…

— Mitch Daniels