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Errant Texts

Why some schools may not want to go by the book

By Janet Raloff

- More than 2 years ago

First of a two-part series on middle-school science curricula. Part two, “Where’s the Book?”, is available at Where’s the Book?.

Last December, the National Center for Education Statistics unveiled a series of disquieting findings from an international study of students’ math and science achievement.