Good news regarding US students' math education: according to the latest TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) survey, which is the world’s largest review of math and science achievement, American fourth- and eighth-grade students made solid achievement gains in math in recent years. Read the entire New York Times article by clicking here.
The gap is still large between the US and some of the Asian countries, but the US scores did show some of the largest margins of improvement in math from 1995 to 2007. We may be getting better, but as one of the report's authors said, the other countries aren't sitting still. Are we gaining on them?
Of course, this is just one study (albeit a study that I believe is pretty universally recognized as objective and accurate). No one should base all their opinions on just one study. Just thought I'd put this info out there...
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