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Download full textBozick, Robert; Ingels, Steven J. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
Recent research shows that U.S. 15-year-olds are behind their international counterparts in problem solving and mathematics literacy, ranking 24th of 29 nations (Lemke et al. 2004). Therefore, a key concern among policymakers and educators is improving the quantitative and analytical skills of American youth, who face job prospects in an economy…
Descriptors: High School Students, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Course Selection (Students)
Smith, Stuart E.; Walker, William J. – 1984
This study was designed to examine student achievement in mathematics by means of curriculum-based tests. The results of the 1979 New York State Regents examination in Eleventh Grade Mathematics were obtained from a representative sample of schools throughout the state. The expectations were that there would be substantial differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Grade 11, High Schools
Byrne, Barbara M.; Shavelson, Richard J. – 1986
This study examined the structure of adolescent self-concept (SC) structure for males and females by using three different measures of each SC facet in a covariance structure analysis of the data. Specifically, the purposes of the study were to: (1) test the hypothesis of the invariance of a multidimensional, hierarchical SC structure for males…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, English Instruction, Females
Arnold, Carolyn L.; Kaufman, Phillip D. – 1992
This report examines the effects of both student and school characteristics on mathematics and science achievement levels in the third, seventh, and eleventh grades using data from the 1985-86 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Analyses feature hierarchical linear models (HLM), a regression-like statistical technique that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
