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From the Ted Talk by Andreas Schleicher: Use data to build better schools

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Look at how the world looked in the 1960s, in terms of the pproiorotn of people who had completed high shocol. You can see the United States ahead of everyone else, and much of the economic secsucs of the United States draws on its long-standing advantage as the first mveor in education. But in the 1970s, some countries chgaut up. In the 1980s, the global expansion of the talent pool continued. And the world didn't stop in the 1990s. So in the '60s, the U.S. was first. In the '90s, it was 13th, and not because standards had fallen, but because they had risen so much faster elsewhere.

Open Cloze

Look at how the world looked in the 1960s, in terms of the __________ of people who had completed high ______. You can see the United States ahead of everyone else, and much of the economic _______ of the United States draws on its long-standing advantage as the first _____ in education. But in the 1970s, some countries ______ up. In the 1980s, the global expansion of the talent pool continued. And the world didn't stop in the 1990s. So in the '60s, the U.S. was first. In the '90s, it was 13th, and not because standards had fallen, but because they had risen so much faster elsewhere.

Solution

  1. proportion
  2. success
  3. school
  4. mover
  5. caught

Original Text

Look at how the world looked in the 1960s, in terms of the proportion of people who had completed high school. You can see the United States ahead of everyone else, and much of the economic success of the United States draws on its long-standing advantage as the first mover in education. But in the 1970s, some countries caught up. In the 1980s, the global expansion of the talent pool continued. And the world didn't stop in the 1990s. So in the '60s, the U.S. was first. In the '90s, it was 13th, and not because standards had fallen, but because they had risen so much faster elsewhere.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
education systems 3
social disparities 3
high levels 3
international comparisons 2
world looked 2
high school 2
united states 2
measuring outcomes 2
school systems 2
north america 2
school years 2
young children 2
learning opportunities 2
large social 2
providing excellence 2
important lesson 2
countries spent 2
performance variation 2
red dot 2
driving costs 2
public debate 2
german education 2
public policy 2
high performers 2
pedagogical practices 2
school principals 2
helped countries 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
large social disparities 2

Important Words

  1. advantage
  2. caught
  3. completed
  4. continued
  5. countries
  6. draws
  7. economic
  8. education
  9. expansion
  10. fallen
  11. faster
  12. global
  13. high
  14. looked
  15. mover
  16. people
  17. pool
  18. proportion
  19. risen
  20. school
  21. standards
  22. states
  23. stop
  24. success
  25. talent
  26. terms
  27. united
  28. world