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The data to support the hypothesis was obtained from publicly available articles and journals and statistical reports pertaining to the issues of education in America. An article published by Miha in 2012 supports this hypothesis by indicating that as at 2008 America was the only developed country where there is a high percentage of high school graduates between 55 and 64 years than those between 25 and 34 years old. The percentage of college graduates in America has also remained at 40 percent for such a long time now while that of other developed countries has been increasing (Miha, 2012). This indicates that the quality of education has either stagnated or it is decline while that in other countries is quickly catching up. The article trends published in 2013 also provided information to support this hypothesis indicating that the U.S government has spent more money on its students than any other developed country yet it still gives the lowest output as compared to the other developed countries. This same information is also contained in the statistics produced by the national center for education statistics with a very low percentage of enrolled students in colleges for higher learning managing to graduate (Snyder, 2012).
Another article posted on Brookings by Jonathan in 2016 also indicated that 1990 the quality of education in the U.S has stagnated with student’s performance in math being better but stagnant. This information is also supported by the National of Assessment of Education Progress showing the trends in mathematics and learning from 1971 to 2012. Data contained in some of these articles are valid because they give the procedures that were used in data collection, analysis and how the researchers came to their conclusions. Information contained in National Assessment of Education Progress articles give detailed information on how the data was obtained this is the same case with the report produced by the national center for education statistics.
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Aud, S., Hussar, W., Johnson, F., Kena, G., Roth, E., Manning, E., ... & Zhang, J. (2012). The Condition of Education 2012. NCES 2012-045. National Center for Education Statistics.
Nichols, S. L., Glass, G. V., & Berliner, D. C. (2012). High-stakes testing and student achievement: Updated analyses with NAEP data. Education Policy Analysis Archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 20.
Jonathan, R. (2016) The Diclining Productivity of Education. Retrieved from: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2016/12/23/the-declining-productivity-of-education/
Snyder, T. D. (Ed.). (2010). 120 years of American education: A statistical portrait. DIANE Publishing retrieved from: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs93/93442.pdf
Miha, V. (2012) The Decline of American Education retrieved from: https://lbj.utexas.edu/news/2012/decline-american-education