Students Show Mixed Science, Math Scores
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U.S. eighth-graders are gaining on their peers across the globe in science and math, but fourth-graders are being passed as their test scores remain stagnant, according to an international review of school performance.
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The nation's fourth- and eighth-graders continue to improve steadily in mathematics, and fourth-grade reading achievement is on the rise, according to test scores released yesterday. Black and Hispanic students are also making broad gains, though significant achievement gaps persist.
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Singapore students are among the top performers in both mathematics and science, according to an international study. More than 360,000 students from 49 countries participated in the third Trends in International
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Arizona students showed a slight improvement in the Stanford 9 Achievement Test, scoring 11 points above the national average for math and reaching or topping national averages in language and reading, according to results released Monday.
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Slovak students have average knowledge and skills in mathematics, reading, natural sciences and problem-solving, according to the newly published survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Some of the direst noises about our nationâs scientific prospects may be premature; students seem to be embracing challenging science courses.
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Schools grapple with degree to which they're responsible for social, as well as academic, skills.
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The 2007 league tables are to include an indication of how many pupils got two good science GCSEs.
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Underprivileged students in charter schools do worse in reading and math than their peers in mainstream schools, but children of the same race or ethnicity do as well in either type of school, according to a limited government study of fourth-graders.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 1--A statewide committee, in its second meeting, focused yesterday on six efforts it is likely to recommend to improve science and math education in Kentucky.
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Math and reading scores are rising in some states, but not as fast as envisioned under the No Child Left Behind law, a nonpartisan education group says.
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By Kristin Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 27--Science students at Manteo Middle School helped turn two rather unattractive detention ponds into rain gardens last fall.
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There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university.
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Teenagers in Finland and Alberta rank at or near the top in international tests in math, science and reading, but that's where the similarities end.
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Science education in U.S. elementary  and middle schools is overly broad and superficial, according  to a government report issued on Thursday that also faults  science curricula for assuming children are simplistic  thinkers.
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Welsh students are outperforming the rest of the UK as they receive their A-level results.
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The first comparison of test scores in charter schools and public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than students in regular public schools.