The PISA evaluation of global education systems was just released.
The testing assessed the competencies of 15-year-olds in reading,
mathematics and science (with a focus on mathematics).
The results?
Asian countries took the top 7 places. (Canada was 13th out of 65, down 3 spots since 2009. The US ranked 26th.)
See the rankings here
Try some of the questions here:
http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2013/12/05/amanda-ripley/
Read more here:
http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results.htm