U.S. Students’ Scores Unchanged In International Assessment

More international education systems surpass U.S.WASHINGTON—Average scores for U.S. 15-year-olds in 2012 were not measurably different from any of the previous comparison years, according to the results of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Shanghai, one of three education systems in China that participated in PISA, remained the top performer in the world in all three subjects assessed: reading, mathematics, and science. “While average U.S. scores were not measurably different from any previous