"Students who gain access to a home computer between 5th and 8th grade tend to witness a persistent decline in reading and math test scores," he said.

“那些在5 ~ 8年级就开始接触家用电脑的学生往往会在阅读和数学的考试成绩上持续下降。”他说道。

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NCLB requires states to test pupils on maths and reading from third to eighth grade (that is, from the ages of eight to 13), and once in high school.

NCLB计划要求各州考核三到八年级的学生(也就是8 - 13岁的学生)数学和阅读的水平，这种考核曾经在高中实施过。

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I remember clearly, it is a grade four a reading test, I thought I can get 90 points, what if, I only got 72 points.

我清楚的记得，那是四年级的一次阅读考试，我本以为能得90来分，可事如其反，我仅仅得了72分。

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Thanks to the actions of this Congress last year, we will soon have for the very first time a voluntary national test based on national standards in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math.

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Examiners will struggle too, to produce a single test that measures the same level of ability in children of different ages. (In music tests all candidates for a given grade play the same pieces: in an English test, quite different reading texts and writing topics would suit an eight-year-old than an 11-year-old.) The changes might even have the perverse effect of making children sit more tests.

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The recent improvement, he speculates, may be the welcome byproduct of a upturn in math and reading skills, as measured by test scores, among minorities in the years before the students reach ninth grade.

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