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Four things parents should remember about international test scores](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/are-our-kids-ready-for-the-world-four-things-parents-should-remember-about-international-testing/) Posted by [veritas](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/veritas) on Dec 9, 2013, 6:10:12 PM Is American education so awful that our form of civilization is going to cease in the next generation? Every so often we get statistics that point to this dire conclusion. I am NOT going to tell ... 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