World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-06-06
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[0:33] [music]
[0:34] >> from ABC. This is World News Tonight
[0:37] with Peter Jennings.
[0:39] >> Good evening. We begin tonight with the
[0:40] state of education in the country. The
[0:42] sorry state in this case. There has been
[0:44] another report from the government today
[0:45] on the competence of American students.
[0:47] This time the subject is mathematics.
[0:49] The president's commission on education
[0:52] said some time ago, that by the end of
[0:53] the century, that's nine years from now,
[0:56] American students should be the best in
[0:58] the world. Here is the situation today.
[1:01] When high school seniors in 37 states
[1:03] were asked to add up the cost of a
[1:05] hamburger, a cup of soup, and a soda on
[1:08] the lunch menu, 25% of them got it
[1:11] wrong. Here's our education reporter,
[1:13] Bill Blakemore.
[1:15] American
[1:18] students and schools have failed the
[1:20] most comprehensive survey ever made of
[1:22] their math abilities.
[1:23] >> This is an alarm bell that ought to ring
[1:25] all night throughout this country.
[1:28] >> Only one in seven eighth graders can
[1:30] understand simple algebra and ge