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This is a list of 189 countries ordered by the median number of years that the people in them go to school. The source data comes from the Human Development Index from the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. The latest report was released on 14 September 2018 and is based on data collected in 2017. [1]
Since 2010, the education index has been measured by combining average adult years of schooling with expected years of schooling for students under the age of 25, each receiving 50% weighting. Before 2010, the education index was measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary ...
It was first performed in 2000 and then repeated every three years. Its aim is to provide comparable data with a view to enabling countries to improve their education policies and outcomes. It measures problem solving and cognition. [2] The results of the 2022 data collection were released in December 2023. [3]
The average gap increased to 21 points by 8th grade and widened to 24 points by senior year in high school. [9] In the more recent 2007 National Assessment of Writing Skills, female students continued to score higher than male students, though margins closed slightly from previous assessments.
Christmas or Winter Break – Varies in length per school; usually starts on the third Saturday in December and ends a day or two after New Year's Day (sometimes the first Monday after New Year's Day), unless New Year's Day falls on a Sunday in which case the first Monday (January 2) is the official holiday and schools may not begin until ...
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(The Center Square) – A new Republican oversight report accuses former Congresswoman Liz Cheney of colluding with witnesses in the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigation that she oversaw.
"It’s been extremely hard trying to process the saddest Hello and Goodbye that I’ve ever had to endure," Sondra wrote. "Last Sunday night on 11/24/24; I welcomed your lifeless 4lb 8oz 18.5 in ...