Letter to the Editor: Poverty skews test results U.S. kids excel in science

I tire of hearing some people say that our schools and universities are failing and not turning out enough science-savvy students.

I guess if some pundits, politicians, and corporate leaders belt it out often enough and loud enough, people will believe it. I hope not.

There is good evidence that this claim of failure is false: there is no evidence that American science education is failing, and no evidence that we face a shortage of qualified science and math professionals.

American students are doing well in science and math, and in other subjects as well. Our unspectacular scores in internat...