PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 2 August 1996, pp. 190
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FOREIGNERS OUTDO U.S. STUDENTS ON HARDER EXAMS, STUDY FINDS

High school students abroad take more demanding science courses and do better on more rigorous tests than college-bound students in America, a new international study has found.

The study, financed with a National Science Foundation grant, compared tests taken by students in Germany, France, Japan, England, and Wales with advancedplacement test—the hardest exams taken by American high school students.

Last year, 8% of American 18-year-olds took the tests in chemistry, physics, or 15 other subjects, the report said. And 5% of all students scored well enough—a 3 or higher on a scale of 1 to 5—to received college credit. Overseas 25 to 50% of students in foreign countries take similar exams, with pass rates ranging from 25% of all students in England, Wales and Germany to a little more than 30% in France and Japan.