I caught a piece on NPR this morning about the latest international assessments of students at various grade levels in math, and found a link on their website to the actual tests (part of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study).  I scored 100% on the 7th and 8th grade math test (finishing in 19 minutes), but only 72% on the 12th ( Read more... )

Pursuant to my continuing quest to update my LJ more frequently: This morning, I had a dream that involved a small class watching a docudrama-type movie on a (fictional) war between the United States and Germany in 1929.  There were lots of whizbang Pearl Harbor-esque visuals involving a harrowing naval battle with airplanes (which, I realize as I ( Read more... )