American Kids Are Falling Behind: True or False?

The Takeaway
The latest testings results from the Program for International Student Assessment, show Americans are nowhere near the top in education, when compared to the rest of the world. American high school students finished 31st out of 65 economic regions in math, 23rd in science, and 17th in reading. How did our biggest global rivals do? Students from Shanghai finished at the top in all three subjects. Are American children falling behind?   Not so fast says,  Ben Wildavsky, senior fellow in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation, and the author of  The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World.  Wildavsky says the American education system has not slipped at all, but the Chinese educational system has improved immensely.  
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