<p>Thought the parents would find this article interesting. Many of the people rejected in the interview process for our company are for this very reason - good education but average.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/opinion/friedman-average-is-over-part-ii-.html?_r=1[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/opinion/friedman-average-is-over-part-ii-.html?_r=1</a></p>
<p>good education, by definition, isn’t average.</p>
<p>I refuse to worry about the “US average.” Many US school districts and schools are performing well above the international average. See: [When</a> the Best is Mediocre : Education Next](<a href=“http://educationnext.org/when-the-best-is-mediocre/]When”>http://educationnext.org/when-the-best-is-mediocre/) </p>
<p>By definition, if performance is distributed on a bell curve, most data points will fall in the center, i.e., most scores will be at or near average.</p>