The OECD league tables, charting educational standards across the developed world, were published today, with the UK ranking in 23rd for reading and 26th for maths
Finland (noted just because of the articles posted) is ranked 12 in mathematics here .. 15y olds
PISA results: performance in mathematics Position .. Comparison country / economy .. Mean score
1 Shanghai-China .. 613 2 Singapore ... 573 3 Hong Kong-China .. 561 4 Chinese Taipei 560 5 Korea ....... 554 6 Macao-China ... 538 7 Japan ....... 536 8 Liechtenstein .. 535 9 Switzerland .. 531 10 Netherlands .. 523 11 Estonia ....... 521 12 Finland ..... 519 13 Canada ....... 518 14 Poland ....... 518 15 Belgium ....... 515 16 Germany ....... 514 17 Vietnam ....... 511 18 Austria ..... 506 19 Australia .... 504 20 Ireland ....... 501 21 Slovenia ..... 501 22 Denmark ...... 500 23 New Zealand .. 500 24 Czech Republic 499 25 France ....... 495 26 United Kingdom 494 27 Iceland ....... 493 28 Latvia ....... 491 29 Luxembourg 490 30 Norway ....... 489 31 Portugal ..... 487 32 Italy ....... 485 33 Spain ....... 484 34 Russian Federation 482 35 Slovak Republic 482 36 United States .. 481 37 Lithuania ... 479 38 Sweden ....... 478 39 Hungary ....... 477 40 Croatia ....... 471 41 Israel ....... 466 42 Greece ....... 453 43 Serbia ....... 449 44 Turkey ....... 448 45 Romania ....... 445 46 Cyprus ....... 440 47 Bulgaria .... 439 48 United Arab Emirates 434 49 Kazakhstan ... 432 50 Thailand .... 427 51 Chile ....... 423 52 Malaysia .... 421 53 Mexico ....... 413 54 Montenegro ... 410 55 Uruguay ....... 409 56 Costa Rica .... 407 57 Albania ...... 394 58 Brazil ....... 391 59 Argentina .... 388 60 Tunisia ....... 388 61 Jordan ....... 386 62 Colombia 376 63 Qatar ....... 376 64 Indonesia .... 375 65 Peru ....... 368
which has tables for younger age groups in which the US is ranked ahead of Finland in mathematics with the positions reversed in science .. Australia lags a bit in both.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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