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WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- U.S. eighth-graders who took the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress did better in science than those tested in 2009, officials said Thursday.
The NAEP, nicknamed the "nation's report card," is designed to give a snapshot of U.S. educational results by testing samples of students. About 122,000 eighth-graders were tested in 2011.
Average scores increased from 150 to 152, officials said. The percentage of students performing at basic and intermediate levels went up, while the percentage at the advanced level was unchanged.
The gap between black and Hispanic children on the one hand and whites on the other narrowed. Black scores rose an average of 3 percent and Hispanics an average of 5 percent, while white scores only improved by an average of 1 percent.
The gender gap did not narrow. While boys and girls both improved their scores, boys scored, on average, 5 points higher than girls.
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NORTH WEBSTER, Ind., May 22 (UPI) --
A chain reaction collision of four school buses in northern Indiana Wednesday afternoon left about 50 students and a bus driver injured, authorities said.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 23 (UPI) --
Actor Steve Forrest, who played Lieutenant Dan "Hondo" Harrelson on the 1970s TV series "S.W.A.T.," has died in Thousand Oaks, Calif., his family said.
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ISLAMABAD, May 23 (UPI) --
Pakistan may get a bailout worth up to $15 billion from Saudi Arabia for its troubled energy sector, a Pakistani official told Dawn newspaper.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 23 (UPI) --
Yuichiro Miura, 80, scaled Mount Everest Thursday, becoming the oldest person to reach the summit of the world's tallest peak, his office said.
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