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International STEM Rankings Show U.S. Far From Top

A new report by the Pew Research Center measured and compared perceptions of science and society in the U.S.

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Students in the Hidalgo Independent School District physics classroom work on a project on acceleration with a sloped ramp in a regular science class at Hidalgo Early College High School.
Credit: Bob Daemmrich

A new report by the Pew Research Center measured and compared perceptions of science and society in the U.S. The study captured an alignment between how Americans rate their nation’s K-12 achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also called STEM, and actual performance data. While the numbers show slow improvements, the U.S. continues to trail a long list of other industrialized countries. (Pew Research)

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