Originally posted by soul_survivor
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The country doesn't select the individual students who are tested; instead, they provide a list of selective schools both private and public to the PISA test takers. Once PISA verifies and approves the list, they then provide the country with a sampling of schools they chose from the list to be tested.
Knowing the schools that will be tested, many countries begin the process of student transferring. Shanghai is notorious for this. They remove kids from the school who would hinder the test results and accept students who meet a given requirement. The US doesn't do this. We don't transfer kids out of schools because of academic achievement. Hell in some cases we have a hard time transferring them out due to discipline! Therefore yes, we test everyone, while other countries can be more selective with who they test.
As for your assertion that Korean kids are better again your assertiont is flawed. I taught in Seoul's public schools and private academies known as hagwons. I've met those kids, they're not any more intelligent.They're harder workers yes, but not any more intelligent.
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