The latest Nation's Report Card shows 9- and 13-year-olds on average are doing significantly better in reading and math than their counterparts of about 40 years ago, but the achievement of 17-year-olds on average is flat. The findings also show a narrowing of some racial achievement gaps. The report on long-term trends for the National Assessment of Educational Progress -- known as NAEP or the Nation's Report Card -- was released Thursday. It compared results on the 2012 long-term trend exams given in public and nonpublic schools with those of students who were tested in the early 1970s. "When you think about it, these results very clearly put to rest any notion that our schools...
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