Students Fall Short in NAEP Geography Test



Washington

The results from the first wide-scale test of what U.S. students know about world geography show that a lot of them fall short of the mountaintop.

About three out of every 10 students who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress in geography were unable to reach even the "basic" level showing partial mastery of the subject describing the...

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