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Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No

Freddie deBoer · 20 Nov 2025

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    The United States was never a leader in international educational comparisons, so there is no lost first place to return to.

    Their wordsWe have never, ever done well in international educational comparisons.

  2. Our reading

    The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy.

    Their wordsLearning loss is a global phenomenon, exacerbated by a catastrophic event, not a structural flaw unique to the American education system.

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