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proficiency
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Not By Math Alone
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- Two-thirds of 12th-graders scored below "proficient" on the last national civics assessment in 1998, and only 9 percent could list two ways a democracy benefits from citizen participation.†
*proficient = skillful
- We need more students proficient in math, science and engineering.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(proficiency) skillfulness in something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)