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US Students Struggle as Shanghai Students Ace Test

Recently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development administered the Program for International Student Assessment to thousands of 15-year-olds in 65 different countries, including the world’s most industrial powers.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Conan Nolan • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Recently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development administered the Program for International Student Assessment to thousands of 15-year-olds in 65 different countries, including the world’s most industrial powers. For the first time, China agreed to take part in the test and its students made quite a statement, scoring higher than students of any other nation. The results stunned educators around the world, as we hear from Sam Dillon of the New York Times.

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      Conan Nolan

      Reporter, KNBC Television

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Sonya Geis

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      Sam Dillon

      National Education Reporter, New York Times

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