When Would Educational Standards Help Improve Scholastic Achievement?

National standards of care quality would help India enable health coverage for all.

With the 2014 elections now under way, the national parties have issued manifestos outlining their visions for the future of health in India. Commentators have offered their own recommendations for how the next Indian government can improve health, highlighting the need for greater accountability and better quality of care, among other suggestions. 3 The details of each vision vary, but the man...

How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?

Arthur Jensen argues that the failure of recent compensatory education efforts to produce lasting effects on children’s I Q and achievement suggests that the premises on which these efforts have been based should be reexamined. H e begins by questioning a central notion upon which these and other edu­ cational programs have recently been based: that IQ differences are almost en­ tirely a result...

How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?

He begins by questioning a central notion upon which these and other educational programs have recently been based: that IQ differences are almost entirely a result of environmental differences and the cultural bias of IQ tests. After tracing the history of IQ tests, Jensen carefully defines the concept of IQ, pointing out that it appears as a common factor in all tests that have been devised t...

Gender differences in scholastic achievement: a meta-analysis.

A female advantage in school marks is a common finding in education research, and it extends to most course subjects (e.g., language, math, science), unlike what is found on achievement tests. However, questions remain concerning the quantification of these gender differences and the identification of relevant moderator variables. The present meta-analysis answered these questions by examining ...

Personality and scholastic achievement in three ethnic groups.