What did Donald Trump claim about education on 20 Feb 2025?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, I hate to tell you, China and a few others are always in the top five.
Not in math. The 2022 top five were Singapore, Macau, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Japan. Denmark, Sweden and Norway were not among them, and mainland China did not take part.
In PISA 2022 mathematics the top five were Singapore, Macau, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Japan; Denmark scored 489, Sweden 482 and Norway 468, which was not measurably different from the U.S. score of 464, and mainland China did not take part (National Center for Education Statistics PISA 2022 data).
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- Speech to a Republican governors dinner in Washington, D.C.
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