article title:After 43 years, students again take national tests
source: The Japan Times ONLINE
Published:Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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Standardized achievement tests was taken by elementary and junior high school students on Tuesday. This comprehensive exam rerived after 43 year-interval as the countermeasure of declining academic standards. Similar tests were given before but they were abolished because it faned unnecessary competition. Every elementary and junior high school students were supposed to take it by the order of the education ministry but there are pros and cons.
