August 28, 2011 | Newsweek
by
Eric Hanushek (Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education and member of the K–12 Education Task Force) and
Paul E. Peterson (Senior Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
...32 percent of U.S. public and private-school students in the class of 2011 are deemed proficient in mathematics, placing the United States 32nd among the 65 nations that participated in the latest international tests administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...