The United States is often regarded as having an outstanding public education system, yet the United States ranks thirty-eighth out of seventy-one nations in student math and twenty-fourth in science as measured by international achievement tests. To what does your text primarily attribute the relatively low rankings of the United States?
A. Inequality within the education system
B. Poorly trained teachers
C. Ill-conceived and poorly implemented educationreform
D. The trend toward shorter school years.
Answer: A
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