Reply #55: Don't try to use fourth graders as the competition [View All]

[ChromeFoundry]

maybe they are allowed to work in China and India for slave wages. They cannot apply for an H-1b here.

Here is something a bit more recent:

Posted February 14, 2011
AP Science and Math Enrollment Surges
More high school students are getting college ready through AP courses

Though recent studies have suggested the majority of American students lag behind foreign peers in math and science education, a report released last week highlights the positive strides U.S. public schools have made in advanced math and science education during the past decade.

The number of Advanced Placement test takers—and high scorers—in public high schools has increased significantly since 2001, according to the College Board's "7th Annual AP Report to the Nation." High school student involvement in advanced math and science courses, in particular, has surged. In 2010, 312,803 pubic high school seniors had taken a math AP test at some point in high school, up from 166,905 students who had in 2001. Science fields also saw a strong boost in AP test participation; 288,554 public high seniors in 2010 took an AP test in a science discipline in high school, more than double the 134,957 seniors who had taken a test in 2001.

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And domestic students who succeed in advanced placement science and math courses have higher proficiency levels than most foreign competitors, according to an often-cited report from 2001 released by Boston College's TIMSS Center.

Source: http://education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2011/02/14/ap-science-and-math-enrollment-surges