Eighth-Graders in Most U.S. States Perform Above International Average on Mathematics and Science Assessment

Highest-Performing U.S. States Still Trail Top-Performing CountriesWASHINGTON—Eighth-graders in 36 states performed above the mathematics and science averages on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), according to the new U.S. States in a Global Context: Results from the 2011 NAEP-TIMSS Linking Study released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).  “We conducted this study because it’s important to know how students educated in U.S. states are performing against international standards. We found that most eighth-graders in the U.S. are