The OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) has just issued another report on education systems and outcomes in 30 nations around the world. Here’s a link to the Executive Summary. Once again, the news isn’t good for the US. The report notes:

While large numbers of young people are entering tertiary education, not all complete their courses. In Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States, only just over half of those enrolled for degree-level programmes obtain a corresponding qualification, whereas at least 80% do so in Ireland, Japan and Korea.In Greece, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Turkey, and the United States at least 25% fail to reach PISA’s Level 2 of mathematics proficiency. In Finland, fewer than 7% perform below this threshold.”

The report also provides further analysis of the 2003 PISA tests of 15-year-olds in mathematics, on which the US ranked 24th out of 29 nations.