Ynetnews; Israeli education professionals say dramatic bump in achievements of Israeli school kids in international tests may stem form exclusion of haredi, special education pupils
After international studies’ findings point to an impressive rise in Israeli schoolchildren’s achievements in math, science, and language skills, responses among education professionals vary.
Though many laud the accomplishments, others take it with a grain of salt, citing obvious omissions in the report – neither haredi pupils, Arab schoolchildren in east Jerusalem, nor special education students were included in the studies.
The studies, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) for 2011, omitted 22.6% of the population of Israeli students.

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