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07/11/08		Reading, Math Scores Up For 4th and 8th graders, Federal Report Shows
The nation’s fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government’s latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children. Not all the report’s findings were positive; there also were increases in the adolescent birth rate and the proportion of infants born at low birthweight.

07/13/07		Report Shows Gains, Setbacks for Nation's Children
Compared to national statistics for the previous year, there has been an increase in the percentage of children living with at least one working parent and the percentage of children living in households classified as food insecure has declined. High school students were more likely to have taken advanced academic courses and the percentage of young adults who completed high school has increased. The adolescent birth rate has dropped to a record low.

07/14/06		Adolescent Birth Rate Falls to Record Low, Kids' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Drops
Adolescent Birth Rate Falls to Record Low, Kids' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Drops Infant Mortality Rate Falls to Former Level, But Birth Rate for Unmarried Women Rises.

07/14/06		Interview with Duane Alexander on the Report on America's Children, 2006
Interview with Duane Alexander on the Report on America's Children, 2006 (4MB MP3 format)

07/20/05		America's Children: Family Structure and Children's Well-Being (Backgrounder)
New to the report this year is a special section presenting five indicators of child well-being analyzed by family structure. The indicators are: percentage of births that are low and very low birthweight; death rates among infants; percentage of adolescents ages 15-17 enrolled in school; percentage of adolescents ages 15-17 reported to be in excellent or very good health; and percentage of adolescent girls who became unmarried birthmothers by ages 17-19.

07/20/05		America's Children: Parents Report Estimated 2.7 Million Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (Backgrounder)
A special feature in the report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005 shows that nearly 5 percent, or an estimated 2.7 million children are reported by their parents to suffer from definite or severe emotional or behavioral difficulties, problems that may interfere with their family life, their ability to learn, and their formation of friendships. These difficulties may persist throughout a child's development and lead to lifelong disability, including more serious illness, more difficult to treat illness, and co-occurring mental illnesses.

07/20/05		America's Children: Teen Birth Rate Continues Decline, Fewer Childhood Deaths, More Children Immunized Children More Likely to Live in Poverty, Be Involved in Violent Crime
The adolescent birth rate has reached another record low, the death rate for children between ages 1 and 4 is the lowest ever, young children are more likely to receive their recommended immunizations, and fourth graders are scoring better in math, according to a yearly compendium of statistics from federal agencies concerned with children.

07/16/04		Teen Birth Rate Down, Youth Less Likely to Be Involved In Violent Crimes, Kids More Likely To Be Overweight
The well-being of America’s children has shown strong gains in some areas but has declined in others, according to a yearly report by federal agencies compiling statistics on children.

07/18/03		Teen Birth Rate Down, Exposure To Secondhand Smoke Drops Kids More Likely To Be Overweight
The well-being of America's children has improved in many respects, with infant and childhood death rates continuing to drop, fewer adolescents smoking, fewer children exposed to secondhand smoke, fewer adolescent girls giving birth, and more adolescents taking honors courses.

07/12/02		Infant Mortality Rate Drops, Children More Likely to Have A Working Parent, Be Read to, Report Says
Children in America are less likely to die during infancy than they were in previous years, less likely to smoke in 8th or 10th grade, and less likely to give birth during adolescence, according to the 6th annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2002.

07/19/01		Child Poverty, Adolescent Birth Rate Continue Decline
The well-being of America's children has improved on several fronts, according to the Federal government's fifth annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2001.

07/13/00		America's Children: Nation's Children Gain In Many Areas
American children are less likely to die during childhood, less likely to live in poverty, less likely to be at risk for hunger, and less likely to give birth during adolescence, according to the fourth annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2000.

07/13/00		America's Children: Special Indicator Finds High School Volunteerism Up 10 Percent (Backgrounder)
About 55 percent of 9th through 12th graders participated in volunteer activities in 1999, a 10 percent increase from 1996.

07/13/00		America's Children: Special Indicator Shows Majority of Beginning Kindergartners Know Letters (Backgrounder)
A special indicator from the America's Children report showed that 66 percent of children entering kindergarten can recognize letters of the alphabet, and 29 percent could recognize the sounds associated with letters that begin words.

07/08/99		Federal Agencies Report on Nation's Children
America's children are, on average, doing better in several respects than they have in recent years, according to the third annual Federal report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.

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