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  • The firefighters were selected from around the country to appear in a charity calendar called 'Nation's Bravest.'

    New York Photos of the Week: Aug. 12-19 2011

  • The results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly known as the Nation's Report Card, revealed that U.S. students were making little progress in their understanding of geography and how people change, and are changed by, their natural environment.

    Don't Know Much About Geography: Test Results Out Stephanie Banchero 2011

  • The federal government administered the biennial math and reading exams, commonly known as the Nation's Report Card, between January and March to a representative sample of public- and private-school students.

    Math Gains Add Up on National Exams Stephanie Banchero 2011

  • Math tests showed steady improvements in the last few years and major gains over the last two decades while reading scores remained mostly unchanged, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • WASHINGTONFourth- and eighth- graders in several urban districts in America made progress in math on a national test known as the "Nation's Report Card," but their reading scores have mostly remained stagnant in the last two years.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Chicago's 4th graders fared slightly better, scoring 24 points lower than students nationally, according to the 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress, commonly called the Nation's Report Card.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Dr. Glaser was probably best known for promoting a kind of standardized test that became the norm for the federal government's National Assessment of Educational Progress, the state-by-state evaluation commonly known as The Nation's Report Card.

    NYT > Home Page By MARY ANN GIORDANO 2012

  • Math tests showed steady improvements in the last few years and major gains over the last two decades while reading scores remained mostly unchanged, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Dr. Glaser was probably best known for promoting a kind of standardized test that became the norm for the federal government's National Assessment of Educational Progress, the state-by-state evaluation commonly known as The Nation's Report Card.

    NYT > Home Page By MARY ANN GIORDANO 2012

  • The National Assessment of Educational Progress - known as the Nation's Report Card - showed the same gender gap growing from seven points in fourth grade to nine points in eighth grade and 12 points in high school.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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