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http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/?p=22186 By Lillian Mongeau  To
get a better understanding of how well students can solve
complex problems and apply science to real-life scenarios, the
National Assessment for Education Progress recently used hands-
on experiments as a way to test 4th, 8th, and 12th grade
students, and found that this kind of assessment gives a much
more accurate reflection of student comprehension.  Results from
a 2009 round of testing called The Nation’s Report Card Science
in Action: Hands-On and Interactive Computer Task, examined
6,000 students—2,000 at each grade level—from across th