Test results mixed for students in US
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American eighth-graders improved their math and science scores on an international test last year, but fourth-graders&#39; scores were flat and all students
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Fourth- and eighth-grade American students still have work to do to catch up with their counterparts in Asian countries in math and science, international school officials reported Tuesday.
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While most voters have chosen their favorite candidate for president, several sites offer online tests for the undecided. In some cases, the results can be quite contradictory. By Joanna Glasner.
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The White House report released today shows progress on eight benchmarks, unsatisfactory progress on another eight and mixed results on the other two.
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Aspiring American citizens beware -- the United States is changing its citizenship test to include tougher questions aimed at ensuring a better understanding of how the government works.
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This was supposed to be the first real test for Uncle Sam's lads. Unfortunately for the beleagured United States men's basketball team, tonight's game with Lithuania will be the fourth test in four games. It's been that kind of tournament for the Yanks.
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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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Welsh students are outperforming the rest of the UK as they receive their A-level results.
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(WebMD) New data show that patients get vastly different levels of care at the nation&#39;s teaching hospitals and that top institutions offering more intensive and expensive health care often don&#39;t achieve better results.
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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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In the nation&#39;s first comparison of test scores between children in charter schools and regular public schools, students in traditional public schools fared better than similar students in charter schools, The New York Times reported today.
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Test results released in Washington Monday indicate US 15-year-olds are performing below the international average in math and problem solving.
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Adding to the deluge of confusing and often contradictory test data, results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have arrived.
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The education policy of the Bush administration is founded on two pillars: standardized testing and charter schools.    However, as reported in this New York Times article (see also the audio archive at NPR or nonsubscription coverage at the Boston Globe) , the US Department of Education's own testing data show that nationwide, charter schools are, in aggregate, lagging their public counterparts.
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Labor market data was mixed on  Thursday ahead of the closely watched U.S. jobs report for  February, due on Friday morning.
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There are claims some schools told students the answers in a flawed  A-level practical exam.
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Users of portals, news sites and search engines were a bit less satisfied than average consumer scores overall, a University of Michigan survey show. Scores were higher for online travel, retail, auction and brokerage sites.