Ed Source – Theresa Harrington
“Eighth-graders in the United States have made steady progress on an international test measuring math skills over the past two decades, but girls lag behind boys in 12th-grade advanced math and physics. Generally, students in countries in Southeast Asia outperformed students in the United States on the Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, tests administered in math and science to 4th-graders and 8th-graders, as well as an advanced test for 12th-graders.”(more)