If you break down American students by their ethnicities and compare them to students in the parts of the world their ancestors migrated from, American students always do better or the same. That is, European Americans do better than Europeans, Asian Americans are about as good as Asians, Latino Americans do better than Central/South Americans, and African Americans do better than Africans.
The problem is that there's such a large gap between different countries that despite a performance improvement among Latino and African Americans relative to Central/South Americans and Africans, they drag down the overall American average, bringing America below many countries in Europe and Asia.
Exactly: http://super-economy.blogspot.com/2010/12/amazing-truth-abou...
If you break down American students by their ethnicities and compare them to students in the parts of the world their ancestors migrated from, American students always do better or the same. That is, European Americans do better than Europeans, Asian Americans are about as good as Asians, Latino Americans do better than Central/South Americans, and African Americans do better than Africans.
The problem is that there's such a large gap between different countries that despite a performance improvement among Latino and African Americans relative to Central/South Americans and Africans, they drag down the overall American average, bringing America below many countries in Europe and Asia.