Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Study: U.S. Losing Ground in Education

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Study: U.S. Losing Ground in Education: "Tuesday September 13, 2005 3:01 PM

By BEN FELLER

AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is losing ground in education, as peers across the globe zoom by with bigger gains in student achievement and school graduations, a study shows.

Among adults age 25 to 34, the U.S. is ninth among industrialized nations in the share of its population that has at least a high school degree. In the same age group, the United States ranks seventh, with Belgium, in the share of people who hold a college degree.

By both measures, the United States was first in the world as recently as 20 years ago"