From AOLnews:
China has dropped an educational bomb on the United States, according to the results of an international test of 15-year-olds from more than 65 countries and educational systems.
The exam, called the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, tracks student performance in reading, mathematics and science. Students in Shanghai outperformed all other students in all three subjects on the 2009 test. Students in Hong Kong scored third highest in mathematics and science, and fourth highest in reading. China was participating in the test for the first time.
Meanwhile, test scores for American students were about average for all participating countries. The scores showed some improvement in science from earlier tests and small comfort in math, where the U.S. caught up to nine countries that previously outperformed it.
I think that this is a nice followup to the PISA study info. http://www.flixxy.com/200-countries-200-years-4-minutes.htm It nicely captures how countries economics and health have changed over time, which is of course, related to their ability to educate their workforce.
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