Trends in Academic Progress: Achievement of U.S. Students in Science, 1969-70 to1990; Mathematics, 1973 to 1990; Reading, 1971 to 1990; and Writing, 1984 to 1990

摘要

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been monitoring thescholastic achievement of our nation's 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds since its inception in 1969. NAEP's 1990 trend data in science, mathematics, reading, and writing provide several avenues for describing changes in student achievement in each curriculum area, including results for specific assessment questions and summaries of achievement across the questions. For science, mathematics, and reading, NAEP has used proficiency scales that range from 0 to 500 to summarize student performance across questions and provide a basis for describing overall student achievement in each curriculum area.