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| February 23, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 San Jose Mercury News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Sharon Noguchi

Feb. 23--High school students are taking harder courses and earning better grades yet reading at significantly lower levels than their peers did 13 years ago, according to national test results released Thursday.

Educators and administrators of the National Assessment of Educational Progress blamed the seemingly contradictory trends on more difficult course work and on grade inflation -- a phenomenon documented by other surveys of high school students.

The poor reading scores of 12th graders puzzle educators. Since state tests -- known generally as STAR tests in California -- indicate that student achievement has been…

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