The State of Mathematics Achievement: NAEP's 1990 Assessment of the Nation and the Trial Assessment of the States. Executive Summary.
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| Title: | The State of Mathematics Achievement: NAEP's 1990 Assessment of the Nation and the Trial Assessment of the States. Executive Summary. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mullis, Ina V. S., Dossey, John A., Owen, Eugene H., Phillips, Gary W., National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ., Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. |
| Availability: | Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Publication Date: | 1991 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. |
| Intended Audience: | Policymakers; Researchers; Practitioners |
| Document Type: | Numerical/Quantitative Data Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Educational Assessment, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8, High Schools, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, National Programs, Problem Solving, State Programs |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| Abstract: | The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "The Nation's Report Card," is a congressionally mandated survey of educational achievement of American students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement across time. Part 1 of this report consists of the results of NAEP's 1990 national mathematics assessment of nationally representative samples of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. Part 2 consists of the results of NAEP's 1990 "Trial State Assessment Program," a voluntary eighth-grade mathematics assessment administered to representative samples of public school students at grade 8 in 40 participating states and jurisdictions. This is the first time NAEP has provided results by state. The Executive Summary (this volume) is organized as follows: (1) overall mathematics performance in the United States; (2) performance in the mathematics content areas for the nation; (3) mathematics performance by demographic subgroups; (4) home support for school; (5) mathematics performance at grade 8 in the states (based on the State Trial Assessments); (6) curricular emphases in content areas at grade 4 and 8 in the nationa and at grade 8 in the states; (7) curricular emphasis in skill areas at grades 4 and 8 in the nation and at grade 8 in the states; (8) student course taking at grade 12 in the nation; (9) summary of mathematics curriculum and course taking across the grades; (10) mathematics instruction at grades 4 and 8 in the nation and at grade 8 in the states (e.g., ability grouping, instructional materials, calculators and computers, student and teacher attitudes). (For a summary of results, see the abstract for the entire report.) (JJK/WTB) |
| Entry Date: | 1991 |
| Accession Number: | ED330546 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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