Which of the following statements about the U.S. and international schools is FALSE?

a. Internationally, education seems to run in two extremes; some children receive excellent education and others receive little or no education at all.
b. On many standardized tests administered throughout the world, the United States
lags behind many other advanced industrialized nations.
c. In some countries, girls are excluded from school for legal, religious, cultural, or economic reasons.
d. Students in the United States receive lower math scores today than they did in 1990.


b

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