Harvard study says poverty doesn’t explain away low American math scores

America’s child poverty problem does not entirely explain away its students’ relatively low math scores, says a report from Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance. Researchers analyzed scores from the International Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test, which is given in 65 countries. In 2009, about 32 percent of American students scored what the

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Harvard study says poverty doesn’t explain away low American math scores

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