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green73
10-19-2013, 08:57 AM
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.

American adults also scored below the average in both numeracy and literacy for all respondents in all 23 advanced economies.

Japan and Finland ranked first and second in both categories and Italy and Spain took the bottom two spots in both.

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http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/23-advanced-economies-us-adults-rank-21st-math-skills

mad cow
10-19-2013, 10:49 AM
At least we are in the top half for literacy.

green73
10-19-2013, 11:07 AM
At least we are in the top half for literacy.

;)

Occam's Banana
10-19-2013, 11:09 AM
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Friday released the initial results of an international survey of adult skills in literacy and mathematics, revealing that Americans rank 21st in “numeracy” and are tied for 15th in literacy among adults in 23 advanced economies.

American adults also scored below the average in both numeracy and literacy for all respondents in all 23 advanced economies.

So ... if the U.S. Dept. of Ed.'s NCES is staffed by American adults, then ...

FSP-Rebel
10-19-2013, 11:20 AM
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JustinTime
10-19-2013, 12:40 PM
Weve had over 30 million immigrants over the past 25 years. What's an American anymore anyways?