IELTS READING S44AT1

LAND OF THE RISING SUN

A. Japan has a significantly better record in terms of average mathematical attainment than England and Wales. Large sample international comparisons of pupils’ attainments since the 1960s have established that not only did Japanese pupils at age 13 have better scores of average attainment, Q6 but there was also a larger proportion of ‘low’ attainers in England, where, incidentally, the variation in attainment scores was much greaterQ7 The percentage of Gross National Product spent on education is reasonably similar in the two countries, so how is this higher and more consistent attainment in maths achieved?

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