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SAT math scores continue to rise, and verbal scores are flat for a fourth year, according to new data released by the College Board. The report includes data on how American students scored on the new essay portion of the college-entrance exam.

Ani DiFranco always seems to be on the move with a new project. Her latest release, Knuckle Down, is the seventeenth album she's released under her Righteous Babe label.

With the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza complete, attention turns to plans for redevelopment in the area. Nigel Roberts of the World Bank tells Renee Montagne about rebuilding prospects and obstacles to economic recovery.

Buffy Sainte-Marie has always been a wandering soul with a fierce sense of direction. Watch her and her touring band perform four songs from across her long, innovative career.

Breaks in the city's levee system caused the flooding, and restoring the levees is the first step in cleaning up New Orleans' mess. Al Naomi, senior project manager for the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, tells Debbie Elliott about progress so far.

New Orleans is getting most of the nation's attention, but Hurricane Katrina's fury shattered Mississippi's coast, with stunning structural damage. Entire beachfront neighborhoods are gone in Gulfport, Waveland and other towns.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai continues his U.S. visit. Tuesday, he met with President Bush at the White House and marked the 10-year anniversary since diplomatic ties between Washington and Hanoi resumed. NPR's Michael Sullivan talks about reaction to the visit in Vietnam and Bush's plans to visit there next year.

The White House announces that it is embracing dozens of recommendations from a presidential commission on intelligence and weapons of mass destruction. The approval comes after a three-month review of 74 specific changes in U.S. intelligence-gathering.

A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Forth Worth — "Women Painting Women" — shows viewers what happens when women are both the subject and the artist. The result: something raw and real.

Kenneth Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has sought to monitor shows on public television and radio to gauge their political leanings. Documents obtained by NPR show the extent of the monitoring, conducted by a consultant hired by Tomlinson.