Americans between the ages of 16 and 34 fared poorly on tests designed to measure their grasp of the literacy, numeracy, and computer-age problem-solving skills needed to compete in the international labor market. Even the youngest of U.S. millenials lag behind peers in other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries.
U.S. Millennials Come Up Short in Global Skills Study
Shortfalls affect all segments of American society
By Sarah D. Sparks
America’s wealthiest and best-educated young adults still lag behind their peers in other countries in the literacy, numeracy, and computer-age problem-solving skills needed to compete in the global labor market.
That, coupled with yawning racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps and even grimmer skills levels for students with less than a college degree, could lead to long-term difficulty for the country, according to a new study by the Education Testing ServiceCenter for Research on Human Capital and Education in Lawrenceville, N.J.
It’s far from the first study to suggest American students are falling behind their international peers. But the analysis of U.S. millennials—those born after 1980, ages 16 to 34 during the study—specifically highlights that the skills gap goes beyond young people who are typically seen as more “at-risk,” like immigrants and high school dropouts.
“We’ve often looked at these as disconnected, only looking at the problems of individual parts,” said Martha J. Kanter, a visiting professor of higher education at New York University and former assistant education secretary under President Barack Obama. She was not associated with the study.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/02/18/us-millennials-come-up-short-in-global.html
This is what happens when you live for all these idiot games on you computer or cell phone.
What is it with all these tests?
The kids are all right.
maybe they’re not getting enough oxygen to their brains since their classroom windows were nailed shut to keep them safe…
5:28 can give elocution lessons
It’s the “Me me” attitude too.
Lack of respect for others is another’s major flaw with this group.
Comparing the US to homogeneous countries like Japan, South Korea, Sweden etc. is a bit skewed…. plus there’s 340 million people here…. there are issues for sure but outside of the standard reading and math proficiency, they did not measure creativity… The US continues to be out front here… statistics tell only part of the story…. a great percentage of technology innovation and invention continues to come from the US UK and Europe… other countries may improve and perfect but the source of the original inventions count too…