US students behind in math, science, internationally
AUG 31, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023643
CNN.com : American children aren’t necessarily getting smarter or dumber, but that might not be good enough to compete globally, according to numbers cited by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan .He noted a special analysis put out by the National Center for Education Statistics that compares 15-year-old US students with students from other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development . The report says that it found US students placed below average in math and science, and that 16 of the 29 other participating OECD member countries outperformed their US peers in terms of average scores.
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