[calderarrow]

That section is just for mathematics, which the commenter specifically called out. The reading and science are above average

[newshackr]

Above average seems like a low bar if the US wants to stay the top economy.

[natnat]

I'm not trying to say that the US educational performance is great, just that it's not terrible. I think there's a lot of room for improvement, but there's a narrative that US schools are failing horribly and that just isn't true.

[shepherdjerred]

That is a _huge_ shift of the goalpost from "US is worse than third world countries"

[dahfizz]

Wildly shifting goal posts from “worse than third world” to “above average isn’t good enough”

[CharlieDigital]

Particularly so given how "wealthy" the US is.