– tools used: ChatGPT + python notebook in [MLJAR Studio](https://mljar.com) with pandas and altair packages
Making 0 the bottom of the chart makes the differences look smaller, but that’s probably a good thing to demonstrate that the average kid is average at math and even the lowest-ranked countries on the chart aren’t in some kind of terrible Math Crisis.
(Getting super mad about the way they teach the kids math “these days” has been going on so long! 30 years ago I was being taught math in a way that made old people fume, and now people my age are saying the same thing about current math classes! Perhaps once upon a time there was a caveman who learned math the one true correct way.)
wtf lithuania not being the last for once?
You’ve got the wrong flag for England 🏴
Canada moving down the list as conservative goverments take shots at education across the country.
England flag is UK flag here.
St George’s Cross is england
Who are you calling “Chinese Taipei”? Taiwan is the word you are looking for.
Singapore so good they can take a -10 balance nerf and are still top tier. Devs nerf more plox.
how did you choose which countries to use ?
Good thing the US has oil, an abundance of agriculture, technological infrastructure, and a giant military so our dumbasses can continue to dominate the world.
RIP Belgium, our math ability is really going down
USA -18
Oof the pandemic really fucked with education here
![[OC] 4th grade math scores on international test for 2023](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gk0z351wi76e1-1920x1024.png)
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– data source [TIMSS](https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss-landing.html) and [chalkbeat.org](https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/12/04/timss-international-test-result-us-math-scores-decline-post-pandemic/)
– tools used: ChatGPT + python notebook in [MLJAR Studio](https://mljar.com) with pandas and altair packages
Making 0 the bottom of the chart makes the differences look smaller, but that’s probably a good thing to demonstrate that the average kid is average at math and even the lowest-ranked countries on the chart aren’t in some kind of terrible Math Crisis.
(Getting super mad about the way they teach the kids math “these days” has been going on so long! 30 years ago I was being taught math in a way that made old people fume, and now people my age are saying the same thing about current math classes! Perhaps once upon a time there was a caveman who learned math the one true correct way.)
wtf lithuania not being the last for once?
You’ve got the wrong flag for England 🏴
Canada moving down the list as conservative goverments take shots at education across the country.
England flag is UK flag here.
St George’s Cross is england
Who are you calling “Chinese Taipei”? Taiwan is the word you are looking for.
Singapore so good they can take a -10 balance nerf and are still top tier. Devs nerf more plox.
how did you choose which countries to use ?
Good thing the US has oil, an abundance of agriculture, technological infrastructure, and a giant military so our dumbasses can continue to dominate the world.
RIP Belgium, our math ability is really going down
USA -18
Oof the pandemic really fucked with education here
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