Near the end of the 20th century, large-scale national and international studies showed that children in the United States did not perform well compared to children in some other countries. Which of the following statements is true of more recent testing results?
a. Students in the United States performed worse on the 2011 TIMSS than in 1995.
b. More than 50% of students in the United States received scores of proficient or advanced on the NAEP in 1011.
c. Students in the United States made gains on the 2011 TIMSS, but were still outperformed by students in several other participating countries.
d. 2003 PISA test scores showed that students in the U.S. performed higher than average for most OECD countries.
c
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