This is a story from the Associated Press picked up at Drudge and this is their title, not mine: “US adults are dumber than the average human“. And the point is made in the second para:

In math, reading and problem-solving using technology – all skills considered critical for global competitiveness and economic strength – American adults scored below the international average on a global test, according to results released Tuesday.

The test included questions like how many states are there in the US and what language do they speak in Austria, that kind of thing. You can see an outline of the test here which is not all that easy.

The story is also told in USA Today with the article titled, “U.S. adults lag behind counterparts overseas in skill“.

AP thinks the problem is average intelligence while USA Today sees the problem in the education system. Since we know as an established fact that all human groups are identical in their potential, there is no other reason for this result other than the underfunded and poorly resourced education system in the US.