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Reading comprehension is the key to all of the tests (reading, math, science, SS). And content knowledge comes in close second, at least on the science tests. Math is arguably the most content based of the standardized tests, but is still primarily a reading test. When reading improves, all of the tests should improve regardless of the content being tested.
I'm not sold on NCLB being the solution to the ed. systems problems (just from the point that the data are too new and not reproducable yet.) That being said, I am not against NCLB. If it proves to work, then that is awesome!
I agree with your point on higher mathematics being taken earlier. I remember when Algebra became the norm in middle school, and now calculus and statistics as a Junior or Senior in HS. In science, there are 9th graders learning organic chemistry! When I was in HS, the first chance to take Alg. was in the 9th grade, Chemistry as a junior and physics as a senior. It's all been shifted forward a notch or two, which I believe is excellent.
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