In a testament to America’s best schools, many of them in the Bay Area, U.S. students scored slightly above average in 2012 international tests in problem solving — and performed significantly better ...

Here’s a modest test result to bolster the argument of those who say the American educational system isn’t so terrible. On a new creative problem-solving test taken by students in 44 countries and ...

In a federal study that could shed light on the potential uses of computers on large-scale tests, researchers have found that computerized tests can effectively measure large groups of students’ ...

Compared with their peers in developed nations, American 15-year olds are slightly above average problem solvers, but not as good as students from Asian nations who regularly shellac them in math, ...

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Andrew J. Martin received funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (Grant # DP140104294) and an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant in partnership with The Future Project at ...

U.S. 15-year-olds scored above average on a first-of-its-kind international assessment that measured creative problem-solving skills. However, their mean scores were significantly lower than those ...