Making the Grade

By Jennifer Craw

As students all over the world prepare to head back to school, we look at three models of grade retention in Japan, the Netherlands and the U.S. to see how each impacts student performance.

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U.S. students have better access to computers and stronger web-browsing skills than their international counterparts, yet they struggle to solve problems using technology.

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