How does Education in China compare with the United States?

https://www.reddit.com/r/China/s/ljBOY8w2ij

1. In the USA, we no longer care about testing… that’s called a “meritocracy” and it’s being discouraged.
   
2. Gifted education is gone. We teach to the middle. Everyone gets the same education, unless…. You’re identified as entitled.
3. We dedicate more resources to helping struggling demographics through Title 1, ELD, SPED.
4. We focus on self-esteem and identity affirmation, PBIS, teaching proper behavior.
   
5. There’s no consequence or reward for high state/national test scores for students or teachers, therefore there’s little effort to improve.
   
6. In fact, since state imposed improvement plans for under-performing districts has faded, test scores have dropped. (But we blame that on Covid).
   

From the outside, it looks like a lot of stress on the Chinese students. It’s a good thing the world is not competitive.

Submitted August 24, 2025 at 01:07PM by Relative_Carpenter_5 https://ift.tt/0OHjme6