US Students Still Behind Much of the World in Math and Reading: Global Assessment
Student performance declined globally, reaching the lowest average ever recorded in international assessment history.
TL;DR
- American high school students' reading scores have dropped in the last three years.
- US students' math and science performance still trails behind peers in other developed nations.
- The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests 15-year-olds in math, science, and reading.
- Students from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, and the UK outperform American students.
- PISA has not yet released comprehensive comparative rankings for all 91 participating nations.