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14 Oct 2009 11:10

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U.S.: Standardized math scores suck: Children left behind en masse

  • 39% of fourth-graders scored proficiently on a national math test
  • 34% of eighth-graders scored proficiently; this is really low source

26 Apr 2009 10:09

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Offbeat, U.S.: We hate high schooler Willa Chen because she’s too perfect

  • Perfect SAT. Perfact ACT. Perfect PSAT. Willa Chen, a supergenius from Canton High School in Michigan, hit on the holy grail of high-school test-taking. She got a perfect score on each of the major national standardized tests. Chen says she didn’t study too hard but tries to learn all the time. Whatever, four eyes. You and your Princeton-going self make us all look bad. source