Singapore heads school test table
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School pupils in Singapore lead the world in maths and science tests, latest international rankings suggest.
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England's school exam system costs more than Â£610m a year and could be streamlined, a report finds.
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Results from an international test released Tuesday show Indiana fourth- and eighth-graders fared well in math and science compared with students nationally and in many other countries.
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SOUTH Australia&#39;s students have shown improvement in an international science and mathematics study last held a decade ago, and defied a national trend.
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Singapore is harnessing the power of SMS text messaging to fight an old scourge: bullying in schools.
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SINGAPORE&#39;s 10- and 14-year-olds are the world&#39;s best in mathematics and science, according to a study of 49 countries done by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
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Schools are being given rules for how they use and store pupils' biometric information, such as fingerprints.
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A new position overseeing nothing but test scores and data has been created in the State Office of Education.  The new associate superintendent's job was awarded to state testing director Judy Park.
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The head of England's school tests watchdog says an international "glass ceiling" in results can be broken.
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Teachers are going to have to make some changes.
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The primary school league tables for England set out the scale of the gap between the best and the worst.
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SINGAPORE  - Singapore's exports expanded by 17 per cent to a record high last year, riding strong demand from China for oil and commodities and on sales of electronics and pharmaceuticals to the United States and European Union.
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Some 2,500 teachers in the city are being measured on how much their students improve on standardized tests.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese high-tech giant Acer Inc. on Wednesday announced a leadership reshuffle and the retirement of Stan Shih _ the company&#39;s founder and a major figure in Taiwan&#39;s bid to dominate the personal computer industry.
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Couples in Singapore may face mandatory HIV tests before marrying, Singapore media report, a week after the government said all pregnant women would be screened for HIV/AIDS to stem a rise in new infections.
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The state of the anti-truancy strategy in England will be under review as latest figures are published.
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Singapore&#39;s moves to encourage larger families, allow freer speech and give students more play time will help the economy as the country fends off competition from China and India for jobs and investments, economists say.