Notably excellent results are Russia. Unfortunately Finland isn't on that list - but I doubt that the performance will be better.
I personally don't think that having peer tutoring will help - it will only hold back the competent and hard working. Peer tutoring sounds (IMHO) too much like some Outcomes Based Education ideal/pipedream.
The USA has a much better university system than Finland (or any country in Europe). So they must do something right.
> smarter kids in the room to normalize the average at a much higher level, which is exactly what happens in Finland.
The USA does a lot better than most countries with mathematics achievement. See here: http://nces.ed.gov/timss/table07_1.asp#f2
Notably excellent results are Russia. Unfortunately Finland isn't on that list - but I doubt that the performance will be better.
I personally don't think that having peer tutoring will help - it will only hold back the competent and hard working. Peer tutoring sounds (IMHO) too much like some Outcomes Based Education ideal/pipedream.