Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for 3rd year

Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for 3rd year

INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which we were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus. (Kyodo)

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