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American students are still falling behind Europe and Asia in math and science, according to international test results released yesterday.  Fourth-graders tested closer to the top students in reading and made some advancement on math since 2007, but other scores were statistically the same. In math and fourth-grade science, South Korea and Singapore were top-ranked. Eighth-grade science was led by Singapore and Taiwan. American fourth-graders were 11th in math and seventh in science; eighth-graders were ninth in math and 10th in science.

American students are still falling behind Europe and Asia in math and science, according to international test results released yesterday. 

Fourth-graders tested closer to the top students in reading and made some advancement on math since 2007, but other scores were statistically the same.

In math and fourth-grade science, South Korea and Singapore were top-ranked. Eighth-grade science was led by Singapore and Taiwan.

American fourth-graders were 11th in math and seventh in science; eighth-graders were ninth in math and 10th in science.

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    Finland
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    Sending kids to Sinhapore
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    Fico imaginando a posição do Brasil nesse ranking.
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    Nobody’s surprised by this, right?
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    This makes me feel proud of (not really ‘my’ but what the hey I live here) country ^^
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    Wohoo~ Singapore’s mentioned!
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    When I saw Singapore it made me so proud :)
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  30. bullofheaven reblogged this from thedailyfeed and added:
    So fucking what? Is this to say that it’s an absolute tragedy that Amerifats are falling behind? Or even a surprise?