In a Global Test of Math Skills, U.S. Students Behind the Curve
“The PISA study, conducted every three years, ranked the United States 24th out of 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based group that represents the world’s richest countries. Students from Finland and South Korea scored best in the survey, which measured the ability of 15-year-olds to solve real-life math problems.”
The gap is widening between the U.S. and other countries. I liked that the article mentioned that perhaps some of the blame can be placed on “an overreliance on facile standardized tests.”