International tests like PISA and TIMSS are often cited as indicators of a country's economic strength and global competitiveness. However, this document questions the correlation between a nation's performance on international achievement tests and its economic indicators like GDP and global competitiveness index scores. While some countries with high achievement scores also have strong economies, the relationships are complex and indirect, with cultural, historical and policy factors also influencing both educational and economic outcomes. A simple focus on test scores may not accurately or fully predict a country's true economic strength or global competitiveness.

1. RANKINGS OF INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST PERFORMANCE
AND ECONOMIC STRENGTH: CORRELATION OR CONJECTURE?
CHRISTOPHER H. TIENKEN
Rutgers University
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GDP-gross domestic product
G22 (GCI-growth competitive skills index)

2. GCI
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–NCLB –
GCI
GCI- global competitiveness index) GCI
GCI
The International Association for the Evaluation of IEA
FIMS- Educational Achievement
SISS-1983 SIMS-1980 ---FISS 1964
The Organization for Economic cooperation OECD TIMSS
PISA development
TIMSS
NCEE PISA
national NCEE
center of academy and economy
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3. TIMMS
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(native speaker)
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The World Economic Forum -WEF
GCI
GCI
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GCI
PISA
– GCI
GCI
GCI
TIMSS
GCI

4. G22