Originally Posted by LAF
So… I've been reading that the US is not as advanced as a lot of other nations with regard to education (at least according to an International test.) And not only are we behind Singapore and China but Finland and Canada also place higher.
The Chinese do well academically, but so do Chinese-Americans in the U.S.. White Americans do better than most Europeans. When you control for race, U.S. test scores are pretty good. You can look at the graphic "2012 Pisa Overall Scores" at http://www.unz.com/isteve/new-pisa-test-results/ for the statistics behind these assertions.

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