Chart of the day: American students are sliding

Marketplace Staff Dec 6, 2016

The latest Program for International Student Assessment shows American students are around average and sliding in reading, science and math. The influential study of achievement around the world put Singapore at number one in all three categories, while the U.S. has slid. Here are all the rankings, via Business Insider

For more on each country’s results, check out this interactive graphic from the BBC

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