That probably wouldn't happen if the number of students increased".
"We see it in students' increased interest in pursuing jobs in social entrepreneurship".
The average score for top students increased while the average score for bottom students declined even more significantly.
Applications from India, which sends the second largest number of students, increased by 20 percent.
Overseas students increased at a sharper rate, rising by more than 20%.
The number of globally mobile students increased from 2.1 million in 2002 to 3.4 million in 2009, according to Unesco.
It was also found that due to the "peer effect," providing books to the peers of students increased the educational skills of the students themselves, even without books.
The reforms have introduced a lot of support for poorer students – increased maintenance grants, the national scholarship programme, bursaries and fee waivers from individual universities.
Shenandoah has started an emergency grant fund for students, increased its loan program and prepared to stretch out spring tuition payments for hard-pressed families.
Part of the improvement in 2005 came because the scores for white students dipped slightly, while those of black and Hispanic students increased.
In the second testing category, Edison determined that on norm-referenced tests, the scores of its students increased by an average of 4.7 percentage points each year.
