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Increase in Test Taking, Not Marred by Typical Decrease in Score

Paul Gasbarra
Aug 27, 2008

According to two articles today, SAT scores remained flat this year. A graph in the Wall Street Journal’s coverage illustrates that this news comes after two years of decline from a peak reached in 2005. While WSJ’s headline “Class of ’08 Fails…” sets a dour scene, the people who run the test are actually encouraged by the results.

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Fewer Americans Without Health Insurance, But the Good News Ends There

Jenny Choi
Aug 26, 2008

The number of Americans without health insurance decreased by one million last year, down by half a percentage point from 2006, according to annual figures from the U.S. Census Bureau released today.

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