Pauline Liu: New scores add fuel to student-testing debate

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Pauline Liu: New scores add fuel to student-testing debate

The fallout is continuing over the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Scores for the tests nicknamed "the Nation's Report Card" were released last week. They showed a slight dip in performance since the tests in math and reading were last given to a sampling of fourth- and eighth-graders a couple of years ago. Less than half of the students tested were able to read or solve math problems at acceptable performance levels.