上海考生在全球标准考试中其科学，数学和阅读列第一

但全中国的平均分较低

http://www.lbnelert.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/World-education-300x180.jpgSHANGHAI TOPS EDUCATION TEST: Shanghai whipped the U.S. and several other Western countries in a standardized education test. While China’s overall scores were lower, students from Shanghai led the world in the science, math, and reading sections, with students from Hong Kong and Macao not far behind. “I know skeptics will want to argue with the results, but we consider them to be accurate and reliable, and we have to see them as a challenge to get better,” U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan tells The New York Times. “The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble, or we can face the brutal truth that we’re being out-educated.”