Here is Christopher Cruise reading the Gettysburg Address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
VOA: special.2011.02.07
In eighth grade, the national readingscore hasn't budged since 2002, but students in Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles posted gains, while the other cities remained steady.
In the OECD's annual study of educational performance, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), girls score better in reading in all countries even at primary level, and much better by the time they are 15.
Moreover, the program will be open only to Texas residents who score 27 or higher on the ACT or have a combined SAT in critical reading and math score that is 1220 or better.