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N.D. ACT scores up from previous year BISMARCK (AP) ACT test scores for North Dakotas class of 2006 were up slightly from the previous year, and more students showed college-ready skills in English, math, reading and science, mirroring national trends. Written By: Sun Staff | 12:00 am, Aug. 16, 2006 BISMARCK (AP) ACT test scores for North Dakotas class of 2006 were up slightly from the previous year, and more students showed college-ready skills in English, math, reading and science, mirroring national trends. The average ACT composite score in the state was 21.4, the hi...

And "the five." >> welcome back to "the five." well, a bunch of kids failed a major writing test in florida but instead of raising the bar, one florida school district decided, yes to lower the bar. now, with the questions being asked who is to blame? are the teachers to blame? are the students to blame for failing this semieasy writing test? or is it the school district? now, gregg, i wish when i was in school, and i wouldn't -- actually i was good at writing. let's say my math classes that i was horrible in. can you imagine most of the students failing this test and then the superintendent h...

Starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york. and "the five." >> welcome back to "the five." well, a bunch of kids failed a major writing test in florida but instead of raising the bar, one florida school district decided, yes to lower the bar. now, with the questions being asked who is to blame? are the teachers to blame? are the students to blame for failing this semieasy writing test? or is it the school district? now, gregg, i wish when i was in school, and i wouldn't -- actually i was good at writing. let's say my math classes that i was horrible in. can you imagine most of the students f...

The florida board of education just lowered the passing grade for the state's standardized writing test. that's after too many students were failing the exam. now the education commissioner blames all those flunking grades on changes in the test and says florida students did not become bad writers just overnight. and more proof this morning that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. drivers flocked to a central wisconsin bp station when word spread about gas selling for just 35 -- rather, 37 cents a gallon. it turned out to be one big mistake. the gas was supposed to cost $3.79, b...