... not measure up internationally. Highschool students consistently score below the international average on both academic and appliedassessments of reading, math, and science, and rankamong the ... National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Breaking the Piggy Bank: Parents and the High Price of Child Care, (Arlington, VA: NACCRRA, 2006);National Center for Education ... abroad,growth in populationstraditionally completing lesseducation, and our currentunsustainable fiscal positionall threaten America’seconomic stability and social balance. The stakesare...