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American Education System Shines in International Competition

That isn't the headline you probably saw, but it really is true. The problem is that demography matters. Once this is understood, many things become clear. Thankfully, Tino at Super-Economy has done us the hard work of breaking down PISA scores by country of origin, comparing European Americans

Generic Degrees

From Confessions of a Community College Dean: Ask the Administrator: The Generic Degree An occasional correspondent writes: Some jobs out there are advertised as requiring a college degree, but the employers don't care what was actually studied. So these employers are in effect using college as a four-year

Overview of Psychometrics

Steve Hsu gave a brief introduction to the science of psychometrics at Foo and SciFoo this year. He was kind enough to share his slides. This is a pretty good overview of the important bits. He also has some discussion of his slides here. Thanks for sharing Steve!

The Creativity Crisis

Newsweek's article on Creativity has been making the rounds recently. I had never heard of the Torrance creativity test, but it does seem like it would be interesting to take. The reason this article has been cited widely is this: Like intelligence tests, Torrance’s test—a 90-minute

Conscientiousness is a finite resource

Why change is hard: So picture this: Students come into a lab. It smells amazing—someone has just baked chocolate-chip cookies. On a table in front of them, there are two bowls. One has the fresh-baked cookies. The other has a bunch of radishes. Some of the students are asked

Big 5 versus Myer-Briggs Type Indicator

Apparently I am not the only one thinking about the relations between the OCEAN tests and the MBTI. Cecil at the Straight Dope has compared the the Myers-Briggs and the Big 5.