U.S. Students Fare Poorly in International Math Comparison
In their most recent lackluster showing on the world stage, students in the United States scored below average in mathematics literacy and problem-solving in an international comparison of the academic skills of teenagers in developed nations.
The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, evaluates the academic competencies of 15-year-olds in a select group of largely industrialized countries and a much smaller group of developing nations. It was first launched three years ago, when the test included some mathematics but focused primarily on reading literacy.
The scores of U.S. students during that first round of testing were comparable with those in other countries, but the performance on this round, conducted during...
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