| Factor |
Comparison To 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." William
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 7 points for each 1% increase in the
percent of females with a higher education. Table 23-1, Table 9a.
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 Two thirds of US teachers are education majors. |
| 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 starting salaries increase $64 for each
1 point increase in GRE Scores. Table
21-4, and Table 130. |
| Incomes of BS Degree Holders vs. Math Skills |
|
Annual incomes increase $110 for each 1 point increase in SAT Math Scores, |
| SAT, ACT, & NAEP Scores
by State |
|
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 |
|
|
| 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. |
