China Top Education Test

The Chinese are suddenly emerging as a world power: education. In the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) comparative survey of the academic performance of 15-year-olds around the world — an authoritative study released every three years — Chinese teenagers from Shanghai far outscored their international peers in all three subject matters that were tested last year: reading, math and science. (See New York Times chart).

Canada fared better than the United States across all three subject matters, but still has room for improvement. Canada placed 8^th in science (US placed 23^rd); Canada placed 6^th in reading (US placed 17^th); and Canada placed 10^th in math (US placed second last).

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