This is by design. >By comparison, 5.3% of Finnish test takers could manage those problems—the highest among any country. The National Council of Teachers of

This is by design. >By comparison, 5.3% of Finnish test takers could manage those problems—the highest among any country. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and National Research Council sat down, looked at what was going on in the world with mathematics education, particularly in countries like Finland, and decided to try it in the US. Parents rebelled and half the states (yeah, the dumb ones) declared it to be communism and banned it.