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Vivek Ramaswamy: “25% [of eighth graders in the United States] are proficient…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 16:09

Actually. I'll just ask you a question, just you have no reason to know the answer. I've studied this, but what percentage of 8th graders in the United States today 25% [of eighth graders in the United States] are proficient in math according to international standards. What's that at an eighth grade level? Eighth grade level? Yeah. In eighth grade. What are, what percentage of eighth graders are performing at what should be an eighth grade level according to international developed world standards? (16:09)

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Asserts that only 25% of U.S. eighth graders meet international math proficiency standards.

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