The United States has always relied more on standardized, especially multiple-choice, tests than other industrial countries, and such reliance has intensified in recent years.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

Comparative surveys show American children lagging well behind their peers in other major industrial countries in math and science.

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Enrollment at the secondary level has grown, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the student-age population, and attainment rates compare favorably with those of other industrial countries.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

U.S. enrollment and school completion rates compare favorably with those of other industrial countries.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

Our position is that our expansionary monetary policies, which are being replicated in other industrial countries, are increasing demand globally and helping not only our businesses, but also businesses in other countries that export to us.

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Not only did U.S. educators play a leading role in designing and carrying out the study, but the results, which showed U.S. high school students lagging behind those in other industrial countries, attracted widespread attention in the news media and in educational circles.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

In little more than a decade, the country has become by far the biggest producer in the world of every industrial commodity from steel to glass to cement, and the finished products it exports to other countries are gradually matching and surpassing the sophistication of items produced indigenously in those countries.

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