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Asa Hutchinson: Would the Senator from Michigan concede that although there are differences between European nations and the students…

On the recordJune 7, 2001
Would the Senator from Michigan concede that although there are differences between European nations and the students they educate in the upper grades, the statistics I showed giving international comparisons in the eighth grade in both Europe and the United States, all students are being educated, that it demonstrates we are achieving less on those international test scores than comparable student bodies in European nations?
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Asa Hutchinson
Arkansas

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Discussing international education comparisons during a Senate debate.

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