Dismal new results on U.S. student performance in science ought to spur Congress to pass President Bush?s competitiveness agenda this year ? and to extend his “No Child Left Behind” program to high schools.

The competitiveness agenda ? which includes scholarships aimed at producing 10,000 more science teachers per year as well as increases in U.S. research funding ? has bipartisan support but is moving slowly through Congress.

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