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Join Date: Jul 2010
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UK schools slip down global table of reading and maths standards.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7115692.stm
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Based on test results in 2006, the UK has lost the top 10 positions it held for both subjects seven years ago.
The most successful countries in reading are South Korea and Finland and teenagers in Taiwan and Finland are the highest achievers in maths.
In 2000, the UK was placed eighth in maths and seventh in reading - the UK in the latest table is in 24th place for maths and 17th for literacy.
The countries which were ahead of the UK in reading in 2000 - Finland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Korea - remain in the top 10 for this year.
But the UK has now been overtaken by countries including Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Japan.
In maths, the UK has been overtaken by a group of improved performers, including Slovenia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Austria.
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