2017 WORLD’S TOP 20 EDUCATION POLL

RANKINGS PREDICTIONS

The World Top 20 Poll is the monitoring arm of the World Top 20 Project.

Whose mission is to ensure Every Child on the Planet has an opportunity to

reach their full potential.

The World Top 20 Poll measures the success of 209 nation’s education

systems, towards educating students 3 to 25, four-times each year.

The Poll measures early-childhood enrollment rates; test scores in math,

science and reading for lower and upper primary students; and high school

and college graduation rates.

Each year, the Poll ranks 20 country’s it project’s will rank has the top 20

education systems for the close of the year (December 31). Followed by an

International Survey of students, teachers, parents, educators, and local

taxpayers (from May to July), for its second quarter ranking poll.

In September, the poll uses the latest test scores and graduation rates to rank

the top 20 countries, for its third quarter ranking poll.

In December, it closes out the yearly top 20 ranking system, by contacting

each nation’s education department to confirm the data it used in September

is accurate.

The World Top 20 Poll will use five new indicators to make its

projections for, which country’s education systems will finish as

the 20 best in 2017.

These indicators are:

• The Number of Primary Age Students Out of School: 5 to 14.

• The Number of Secondary Age Students Out of School: 15 to 18

• The Number of Students that Complete Primary School: 5 to 14

• The Teacher to Student Ratio for Primary School: 5 to 14

• The Teacher to Student Ratio for Secondary School: 15 to 18

Here are the Results:

NUMBER 20: USA

NUMBER 19: FRANCE

NUMBER 18: ESTIONA

NUMBER 17: HUNGARY

NUMBER 16: PORTUGAL

NUMBER 15: SINGAPORE

NUMBER 14: CHINA

NUMBER 13: GERMANY

NUMBER 12: BELGIUM

NUMBER 11: NETHERLANDS

NUMBER 10: HONG KONG

NUMBER 9: SWEDEN

NUMBER 8: ISRAEL

NUMBER 7: UNTIED KINGDOM

NUMBER 6: NORWAY

NUMBER 5: RUSSIA

NUMBER 4: DENMARK

NUMBER 3: SOUTH KOREA

NUMBER 2: JAPAN

NUMBER 1: FINLAND

2017 First Quarter Standings

1. Finland

2 Japan

3. South Korea

4. Denmark

5. Russia

6. Norway

7. UK

8. Israel

9. Sweden

10. Hong Kong

11. Netherlands

12. Belgium

13. Germany

14. China

15. Singapore

16. Portugal

17. Hungary

18. Estonia

19. France

20. USA

Learn More at worldtop20.org

The second rankings will be on

June 30, 2017 - Global Education

Report 2017