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A new Brookings Institution report analyzes survey and test data from the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. It found disconnects between performance and other factors.
Portion of U.S. eighth-graders who agree a lot with the statement "I usually do well in mathematics": 39 percent
Portion in Korea who do: 6 percent
Portion of U.S. teachers who relate eighth-grade math lessons to daily lives: 66 percent
Portion in Japan who do: 14 percent
National eighth-grade math scores, out of a maximum score of 1,000: United States, 504; Japan, 570; Korea, 589
International average for eighth grade: 467
SOURCE: Brookings Institution's Brown Center 2006 report on education
