“The whole world is struggling in math,” Carr said. For the United States, the brighter news was that reading and science performance held steady. The relative ranking of the United States improved, even in math. In the United States, the students tend to be in 10th grade when they are tested. correction A previous version of this article incorrectly said American teens had seen a 13-percentage-point plunge in their math scores.

Source: International New York Times December 06, 2023 22:41 UTC