75% of our 8th graders right now are not proficient in math. You have kids in other countries where English isn't even their first language doing better on English proficiency than our own students here. An average student in China is now four years ahead of the average student here in terms of academic performance. Think about that. A seventh grader here is performing at the equivalent of a third grade academic achiever in China. That's unacceptable. (13:02–13:09)
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Asserts that Chinese students are four years ahead of American students in academic performance.
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