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Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says
March 10, 2010
America's education advantage, unrivaled in the years after World War II, is eroding quickly as a greater proportion of students in more and more countries graduate from high school and college and score higher on achievement tests than students in the U.S. That analysis comes in testimony before the Senate education committee by a senior education official at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, which helps coordinate policies for 30 of the world's richest countries.
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