Test-based incentive programs, as designed and implemented in the programs that have been carefully studied, have not increased student achievement enough to bring the United States close to the levels of the highest achieving countries.
Paradoxically, some of the highest achieving societies in the world have Augustinian roots, Lutheran or Catholic.
Children with attention problems or autism sit among the highest achieving students.
that has long been one of the highest achieving in the state.
Nicol is the highest achieving women's squash player of all time and she is one of the most decorated athletes alive.
While I agree that the United States clearly needs to improve its quality of math and science instruction, restraining and restricting the highest achieving students while waiting for the rest to catch up is not the answer.
Changes to A-levels, combined with ambitious government targets to raise the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, greater competition for the highest achieving students and worries about league table positioning are making the admissions process increasingly complex.
My own experience is that these same students are among the highest achieving and enthusiastic in their cohort, and many then go on to postgraduate study and become committed professional archaeologists.
