A quote from the comments: Actually things are far worse than that statement suggests. According to the National Science Foundation: Among 15-year-olds worldwide, "in 2009, U.S. students demonstrated higher mathematical literacy than students in only 5 out of 34 OECD countries (Greece, Israel, Turkey, Chile, and Mexico).
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Actually things are far worse than that statement suggests. According to the National Science Foundation: Among 15-year-olds worldwide, "in 2009, U.S. students demonstrated higher mathematical literacy than students in only 5 out of 34 OECD countries (Greece, Israel, Turkey, Chile, and Mexico).