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He had finagled some blank report cards and used them to bring home self-inserted high marks.

Rivals sometimes embrace unorthodox approaches, Popple says, conducting hourslong interview sessions that can include questions aimed at unnerving candidates—What was your kindergarten report card like?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, which periodically tests a sample of students and is known as the nation’s report card, showed flat or declining scores in English language arts and math.

From this week, those old rankings - which were scrapped last year - have been replaced with new colour-coded report cards with more detail.

After announcing that the old system would be scrapped, the inspectorate said it would be replaced by the new report cards, which would be subject to a consultation period.