Computer science skills across China, India, Russia, and the United States

Prashant Loyalka, Ou Lydia Liu, Guirong Li, Igor Chirikov, Elena Kardanova, Lin Gu, Guangming Ling, Ningning Yu, Fei Guo, Liping Ma, Shangfeng Hu, Angela Sun Johnson, Ashutosh Bhuradia, Saurabh Khanna (), Isak Froumin, Jinghuan Shi, Pradeep Choudhury (), Tara Beteille, Francisco Marmolejo and Namrata Tognatta
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Ou Lydia Liu: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541
Guirong Li: International Center for Action Research on Education, School of Education Henan University, 475001 Henan, China
Igor Chirikov: Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russia; Center for Studies in Higher Education, Goldman School of Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Lin Gu: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541
Guangming Ling: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541
Ningning Yu: Institute of Higher Education Research, University of Jinan, 250022 Jinan, Shandong, China
Fei Guo: Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
Liping Ma: Graduate School of Education, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
Shangfeng Hu: Sichuan Normal University, 610072 Sichuan, China
Angela Sun Johnson: Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Ashutosh Bhuradia: Rural Education Action Program, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Isak Froumin: Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russia
Jinghuan Shi: Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
Tara Beteille: World Bank, Washington, DC 20433
Francisco Marmolejo: World Bank, Washington, DC 20433
Namrata Tognatta: World Bank, Washington, DC 20433

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, vol. 116, issue 14, 6732-6736

Abstract: We assess and compare computer science skills among final-year computer science undergraduates (seniors) in four major economic and political powers that produce approximately half of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates in the world. We find that seniors in the United States substantially outperform seniors in China, India, and Russia by 0.76–0.88 SDs and score comparably with seniors in elite institutions in these countries. Seniors in elite institutions in the United States further outperform seniors in elite institutions in China, India, and Russia by ∼0.85 SDs. The skills advantage of the United States is not because it has a large proportion of high-scoring international students. Finally, males score consistently but only moderately higher (0.16–0.41 SDs) than females within all four countries.

Keywords: higher education; assessments; computer science; elite universities; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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