My Midwest school does, but it's usually rated as one of the better ones in the state. Someone up thread seemed to think the average student of another country

My Midwest school does, but it's usually rated as one of the better ones in the state. Someone up thread seemed to think the average student of another country would blow away the average US student. I don't think this is true. The US pays lip service to universal education more then most other countries. Unfortunately we don't follow through on it and this leaves a large enough number of substandard schools to make a significant impact on US test averages. The sad fact is the tail end of these averages are so bad they bring down the score, but the "average" for the majority of US students is much higher. This stratification of education is probably a significant contributor to the stratification of wealth in the US, and it's not OK.