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When you look at data, it is not as bad as you paint it to be. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/the-u-s-is-losing-its-competitive-advantage-3306225 https://www.
by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
When you look at data, it is not as bad as you paint it to be.
https://www.thebalancemoney.com/the-u-s-is-losing-its-competitive-advantage-3306225 https://www.thebalancemoney.com/the-u-s-is-losing-its-compet...
The U.S. placed 16th out of 81 countries in science when testing was last administered in 2022.
The top five math-scoring countries in 2022 were all in Asia.
U.S. students' math scores have remained steady since 2003.
Their science scores have been about the same since 2006.
The IMD World Competitiveness Center reports that the U.S. ranked 12th in its 2024 Competitiveness Report after ranking first in 2018.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/most-americans-think-us-k-12-stem-education-isnt-above-average-but-test-results-paint-a-mixed-picture/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/most-amer...
- johnnyanmac 2y agoI'd say 16th (<20th percentile) is really bad when the US is 2nd in spending (behind Luxemburg, apparently) per student in the world. especially if science is the best statistic to show to begin with. falling from 1st to 12th in 6 years in competitiveness is even more concerning. Maybe COVID really did ruin attention span.