# American Schools: Flunking the Test

An investigation of the failure of public education in the United States. Points out that research shows that 10 to 20 per cent of students graduating from high school are functionally illiterate. Covers the increasing power of teacher unions and the lack of effective evaluation and in-service training for teachers

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1976
- Runtime: 26 min
- By: American Broadcasting Company
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/americanschoolsflunkingthetest)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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