The first picture shows a large city, the second a farm that is far away from other places. The third is the center of a small town. In which place would we probably find the cleanest air?

While presenting his budget before a joint session of Congress on February 27, President George W. Bush declared that "[m]easuring is the only way to know whether all our children are learning." ...

During the past decade, the educators who operate America’s public schools have been increasingly preoccupied with students’ scores on standardized achievement tests. That’s because schools whose ...

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Although more than three million high school seniors take standardized college admissions tests like the SAT, "it is well known by educational researchers that high-school grades are the best ...