Trends in Academic Progress: Achievement of U.S. Students in Science, 1969-70 to 1990, Mathematics, 1973 to 1990, Reading, 1971 to 1990, Writing, 1984 to 1990 |
Contents
Trends in School and Home Contexts for Learning | 24 |
CHAPTER ONE Trends in Science Proficiency | 24 |
Trends in Science Proficiency from 196970 to 1990 by Region | 29 |
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05 per set 1990 assessments 9-year-olds 95 percent certainty ADVANTAGED URBAN Age 13 Age age 9 alpha equals 05 appear in parentheses assessments and 1990 Black students Bonferroni procedure CENTRAL WEST TYPE confidence interval DESCRIPTION YEAR NATION DIFFERENCE 1982-90 DIFFERENCE difference from 1990 DISADVANTAGED URBAN EDUC AFTER H.S. EDUCATION LEVEL LESS Educational Testing Service FEMALE WHITE BLACK gender Grade 11 GRADUATED H.S. Hispanic students Holistic ITEM DESCRIPTION LESS THAN H.S. Lynn Steen MALE FEMALE WHITE minus two standard NAEP NAFP NATION MALE FEMALE NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST CENTRAL Percent of Average percentage of students PERCENTILES population of interest proficiency levels RACE/ETHNICITY WHITE reading proficiency REGION NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST responses sample SCHOOL PUBLIC PRIVATE scoring set of comparisons SOUTHEAST CENTRAL WEST standard errors Statistically significant difference STUDENTS MEAN ST students performing three ages Trends in Average TYPE OF COMMUNITY TYPE OF SCHOOL WHITE BLACK HISPANIC White students whole numbers 1990 whole population