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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by oblio on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @04:47PM (#42381951)
> The US has significantly more immigrants than other countries in the world

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_...

If that table is to believed, the US is kind of middle of the pack if you sort by percentages, at 15%. It might even be middle of the pack for developed countries, too

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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by int_19h on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @05:42PM (#42382469)
As far as I can tell, that table conflates temporary workers with permanent immigration, so I'm not sure how useful it really is in this context.
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by oblio on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @02:45AM (#42385718)
I've counted OECD countries[1] (roughly 40 developed countries), and the US is in 15th place, on par with Spain. Hardly worth writing home about :-)

[1] This is the fairest comparison because people immigrate to rich countries in general. The only poor countries with lots of immigrants are generally safe poor countries right next to war-torn countries, which get lots of refugees.

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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by bootsmann on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @06:15AM (#42386725)
Its especially pertinent here that a lot of the countries that outperform the US have significantly higher percentages of immigrants, yet they don't seem to be failing them in the manner that the US education system is:

Switzerland: 30% Sweden: 20% Canada: 21% Germany, Austria etc.

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