“教育奥运会”是美国的教育政策专家在北京奥运会举办期间发起的一个虚拟的国际竞赛,它以四个国际教育评价项目为依据对参与国进行排名,其目的是为了提高美国公众和决策者对美国中小学质量的国际排名的关注。然而,美国各界对国际教育评价项目的态度不尽相同。 “Educational Olympics ” is a virtual international competition initiated by educational policy experts of the United States during the Beijing Olympic Games. It ranks participating countries on the basis of four international educational evaluation projects in order to improve public and decision making in the United States Concerned about the international rankings of primary and secondary schools in the United States. However, all walks of life in the United States have different attitudes toward international education evaluation programs.