[ExI] How PISA surveys systematically overestimate Finland

[Aleksei Riikonen]

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:44 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
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> About 30% of Finland's students can read before starting school.
> Another 43% have basic reading skills already in place.

Regarding this stat, it needs to be taken into account that kids don't
start school until the year they turn 7 years old. Many are taught to
read before that in what Finland still counts as kindergarten, while
at many other countries the education at that point counts as starting
school.

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