JCCS Academic Language Assessment Week 33 - American Students

American students are falling behind academically compared to students in other countries. According to Huffing-ton Post, "A report recently published by Harvard University's Program on Education Policy and Governance found that students in Latvia, Chile and Brazil are making gains in academics three times faster than American students" (source link). This shows that other countries are improving or catching up COMPARED to the U.S. This also shows that U.S students are slowing down in education. .According to School Library Journal, "U.S students rank 32 in math and 17 in reading studies" (source link). This shows that schools or students are lagging on DATA  with mathematics. This also shows that the U.S can do better and improve on  this. In conclusion American students are falling behind other countries.