Canadians Smarter Than Americans

At least that's what is indicated by an OECD survey of 15-year-olds reported in the NYTimes (registration required. I couldn't find the original OECD report online, but the survey results seem to have been reported in numerous papers):

In the United States, 10 percent of the students were in one of the top two groups, less than half as many as in Canada.

That was in math.

Over all in reading, the top countries were Finland, South Korea, Canada and Australia. The United States finished 18th

As the instapundit would say, "Indeed."