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Global study of student scores a mixed bag for US
Posted: 12.11.2012 at 7:54 AM
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Chart shows the top international education systems  / AP graphic
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By eighth grade, American students have fallen behind their Russian, Japanese and Taiwanese counterparts in math, and trail students from Hong Kong, Slovenia and South Korea in science.

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