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　　　　　Education Study Finds U. S. FallingBehind ? 　　A Teachers in the United States earn less relative tonational income than their counterparts in many industrialized countries， yet they spend far more hours in front of the classroom， according to a major newinternational study. ? 　　B The salary differentials are part of apattern of relatively low public investment in education in the United States compared with other member nationsof the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development， a group in Paris that compiled thereport. Total government spending on educational institutions in the United Statesslipped to 4.8 percent of gross domestic product in 1998， falling under theinternational average — 5 percent — for the first time. ? 　　C “The whole economy has grown faster thanthe education system，” Andreas Schleicher， one of the reports’ authors，explained. “The economy has done very well， but teachers have not fullybenefit.” The report， due out today， is the sixth on education published since1991 by the organization of 30 nations， founded in 1960， and now covering muchof Europe， North America， Japan， South Korea， Australia and New Zealand. ? 　　D In addition to the teacher pay gap， thereport shows the other countries have begun to catch up with the United Statesin higher education： college enrollment has grown by 20 percent since 1995across the group， with one in four young people now earning degrees. For thefirst time， the United States’ college graduation rate， now at 33percent， is not the world’s highest. Finland，the Netherlands， New Zealand and Britain have surpassed it. ? 　　E The United States is also producingfewer mathematics and science graduates than most of the other member states.And， the report says， a college degree produces a greater boost in income herewhile the lack of a high school diploma imposes a bigger income penalty. “The number of graduates is increasing， but that stimulates even more of a demand —there is no end in sight，” Mr. Schleicher