WORLD TOP 20 EDUCATION POLL

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The World Top 20 Education Poll (WT20EP) provides annual international rankings of the top 20 education systems out of 260 nations. Each country’s ranking is based on five educational levels: early-childhood enrollment rates, Elementary Math, Science and Reading scores, Middle-School Math, Science and Reading scores, High School Graduation rates, and College Graduation rates. Each level consists of ranking the top 20 countries by giving a country 20 points for a first place rank, 19 for a second place rank, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty rank. The data is then used to produce the nation’s ranking from a statistical average based on a combined score from all 5 levels.The poll’s statistical data is compiled from 6 international organizations - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (UNESOC), The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS). And then send to each countries Ministry of Education Department to assure the data is accurate. The World Top 20 Education Poll mission is to serve as a single body to oversee every child is afford the opportunity to reach their full potential; by working with nations to strengthen their education system. The poll’s creator, the New Jersey Minority Educational Development (NJMED) organization, is also the programmer for the 100% Graduation Rate Program, which works with hardest to reach student population, at-risk minority males, in the United States. The 100% Graduation Rate Program raised high school graduation’s by 49% in one of the U.S. poorest and most violence cities, Camden, New Jersey, from 1996 to 2006.

1. JAPAN 87 ptsEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 7 Elementary Level: 3Middle-School Level: 4High School Graduation Rate: 2College Graduation Rate: 2

2. SOUTH KOREA 77 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 1Middle-School Level: 2High School Graduation Rate: 3College Graduation Rate: 1

3. United Kingdom 59 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 8 Elementary Level: 9Middle-School Level: 12High School Graduation Rate: 9College Graduation Rate: 8

4. SINGAPORE 53 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 2Middle-School Level: 1High School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: 7

5. RUSSIA 49 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 6Middle-School Level: 10High School Graduation Rate: 15College Graduation Rate: 4

6. FINLAND 47 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 5Middle-School Level: 5High School Graduation Rate: 7College Graduation Rate: 19

7. CANADA 48 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 7Middle-School Level: 6High School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: 3

8. NETHERLANDS 46 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 2 Elementary Level: 12Middle-School Level: 7High School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: 17

9. IRELAND 40 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 13Middle-School Level: NRHigh School Graduation Rate: 5College Graduation Rate: 5

10. ISRAEL 35 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 20 Elementary Level: 10Middle-School Level: 19High School Graduation Rate: 10College Graduation Rate: 11

11. CHINA 35 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 4Middle-School Level: 3High School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: NR

12. NEW ZEALAND 33 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 14 Elementary Level: NRMiddle-School Level: 17High School Graduation Rate: 11College Graduation Rate: 9

13. NORWAY 32 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 9 Elementary Level: NRMiddle-School Level: NRHigh School Graduation Rate: 16College Graduation Rate: 6

14. BELGUIM 31 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 5 Elementary Level: 20Middle-School Level: 16High School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: 12

15. GERMANY 30 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 11 Elementary Level: 14Middle-School Level: 15High School Graduation Rate: 14College Graduation Rate: NR

16. DENMARK 29 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 6 Elementary Level: 11Middle-School Level: NRHigh School Graduation Rate: 17College Graduation Rate: NR

17. ESTONIA 29 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 17 Elementary Level: NRMiddle-School Level: 9High School Graduation Rate: 8College Graduation Rate: NR

18. USA 27 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 8Middle-School Level: 13High School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: 15

19. FRANCE 27 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: 1 Elementary Level: NRMiddle-School Level: NRHigh School Graduation Rate: NRCollege Graduation Rate: 14

20. PORTUGAL 26 PTSEarly- Childhood Enrollment: NR Elementary Level: 15Middle-School Level: NRHigh School Graduation Rate: 1College Graduation Rate: NR