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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G8 Countries: 2004 [18 February 2005]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005021
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005021.pdf
[full-text, 95 pages]

Description:
This report shows how the U.S. education system compares to other major industrialized countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom) in four areas: (1) the context of education; (2) preprimary and primary education; (3) secondary education; and (4) higher education. This report is an update of the 2002 G8 Report, and is part of a series to be published in alternate years.

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