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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two causes. first and predominant cause is that schools are passing everyone and doing so with As and A-s.  Secondary is learning loss from COVID.  A lot of kids missed out on the opportunity to learn fundamental math concepts.   US math education is far behind the rest of the world. [/quote]

So, anytime you are talking about US education, you are averaging over the entire country.  Also, the comparisons can be misleading.

As an example, China is now at the top of worldwide math rankings...BUT they only look at test results from kids in Beijing and Shanghai and they only look at the top schools.  The US would also be at the top of the Math scores if they only looked at scores from NYC and LA and only took the scores from Bronx Science, Harvard Westlake, Horace Mann, etc.

A reporter went to 2nd tier cities and rural areas of China and essentially said most of the kids are functionally illiterate.  The schools are in terrible shape, the teachers are barely qualified, etc.[/quote]

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