U.S. opts out of test designed to teach students to spot biased reporting

The United States - along with the U.K and 42 other countries - has opted out of a standardized test designed, in part, to assess whether children can spot "biases" in news reports, the international Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development confirms to ABC News. The "global competence test," developed by OECD for 15-year-old students worldwide, aims to measure a student's ability to identify "biases and gaps in information," according to documents posted by the organization's committee on student assessment.
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