With the latest PISA results, America has proven once again that it has one of the smartest populations and, perhaps, the best education systems.

American Asians and Whites topped the charts; American Hispanics beat all other Hispanics; American Blacks did well.

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Means first pic.twitter.com/vanvjHo97J

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) December 5, 2023

Some people think the most important scale is mathematics, while others think it's reading, and a select few think it's science.

They all indicate g, so there's no a priori rationale for favoring any particular scale.

Regardless, look at how America did in mathematics! pic.twitter.com/lbw5Kmg2dY

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America's reading performance is perhaps its most laudable this year.

American Asians came in first in this test, and American Whites came in third. pic.twitter.com/8JII7dFO4P

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Finally, we have science, where America once again showed that it was highly competitive: American Asians were neck-and-neck with Hong Kong, and American Whites were between Taiwan and Macao. pic.twitter.com/JjB69Q7rmS

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As is the case every time the PISA takes place, America comes away looking like the winner.

In a few decades, we might want to look at performance in European countries with the same splits, but for now, they're still largely European, which supports American dominance.

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There was an error in the initial post. The Hong Kong score was inflated because there was an extra 0 in their Science component. My bad. pic.twitter.com/N40xy64lXZ

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Here's the fixed plot of science scores. pic.twitter.com/eO4oGy59xM

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