tailieunhanh - America’s Perfect Storm Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future

The rankings have shown an interesting change in the top five since the beginning of the year, with Qatar and Bahrain completely slipping out of these top rankings, and Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia taking the second, third and fourth positions, respectively. This is partly due to the use of official GCC population figures in calculating the Facebook penetration rates (as opposed to the ILO figures used for the rest of the countries). The official population numbers, which are significantly higher than ILO estimates, caused the penetration rates for some GCC countries to drop significantly. However, Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan have. | Policy Information Report America s Perfect Storm Three Forces Changing Our Nation s Future This report was written by Irwin Kirsch Henry Braun and Kentaro Yamamoto of ETS and Andrew Sum of Northeastern University. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the officers and trustees of Educational Testing Service. Additional copies of this report can be ordered for 15 prepaid from Policy Information Center Mail Stop 19-R Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road Princeton NJ 08541-0001 609 734-5949 pic@ View and download the report and additional materials at stormreport Copyright 2007 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. Educational Testing Service ETS and the ETS logo are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service ETS in the United States of America and other countries throughout the world. January 2007 Policy Evaluation and Research Center Policy Information Center Educational Testing Service Table of Contents Executive A Look The Three The Divergent Skill The The Demographic A Look Toward the ets 1 Preface Dear God be good to me The sea is so wide And my boat is so small. These lines from the Breton Fisherman s Prayer strike an image of vulnerability for those who may not be adequately prepared for a challenging environment. A similar image is cast by Kirsch Braun Yamamoto and Sum in America s Perfect Storm Three Forces Changing our Nation s Future. The authors offer the image of our nation as a nautical convoy. Some boats are large well built and able to ride out the heaviest of turbulent seas. Others are smaller but still quite sturdy and able to survive. But many are fragile mea-gerly equipped and easily capsized in rough waters. This convoy is in the midst of a perfect storm that is the result of a confluence