top | item 39969476

(no title)

calderarrow | 1 year ago

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

discuss

order

newshackr|1 year ago

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

natnat|1 year ago

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|1 year ago

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

dahfizz|1 year ago

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

CharlieDigital|1 year ago

Particularly so given how "wealthy" the US is.