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Diane Ravitch

Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education

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What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know: A Report on the First National Assessment of History and Literature

By Chester E. Finn Jr. and Diane Ravitch

What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know: A Report on the First National Assessment of History and Literature
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What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know? Gives the results of the first nationwide test of American high school students’ knowledge of history and literature, as well as fascinating insight into what teenagers are reading, how much television they watch, what influence their home environment has on their academic achievement, and what historical topics and literary works are included in (or have been dropped from) the school curriculum.


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