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Bai, Yifan; Straus, Stephanie; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2021
Educational inequality due to family socioeconomic status (SES) has been the focus of both public dialogue and education research in the United States for many years. The current study aims to understand how educational inequality due to family SES has changed in the United States. Specifically, the study focuses on the changes in achievement gaps…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Socioeconomic Status, National Competency Tests, Achievement Gap
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Bohrnstedt, George W.; Cohen, Emma D.; Yee, Darrick; Broer, Markus – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
While substantial research has shown the relationship between earlier mathematics coursetaking and later mathematics achievement, recent research suggests that mathematics motivation is an important predictor of grade 12 mathematics achievement as well. The current study extends this research by examining the role of mathematics identity at grade…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Correlation, Grade 11
Zhang, Jizhi; Bohrnstedt, George; Zheng, Xiaying; Bai, Yifan; Yee, Darrick; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2021
Filling the STEM pipeline from secondary schools to postsecondary institutions is essential for the nations' competitiveness in the 21st century. It is therefore crucial to motivate more high school students to consider entering one of the STEM fields and to prepare themselves by taking advanced coursework in STEM that will prime them for choosing…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Course Selection (Students), STEM Education
Ogut, Burhan; Bohrnstedt, George; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2021
Ensuring that students are ready for college when they graduate from high school has important implications for students, educators, education policymakers, and other stakeholders. This study focuses on an examination of the relationship between the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grade 12 mathematics assessment and college…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Mathematics Tests
Zhang, Jizhi; Bohrnstedt, George; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Ikoma, Sakiko; Ogut, Burhan; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2021
This study uses the overlap sample of about 3,500 students who participated both in the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) and the 2013 Grade 12 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment to investigate how mathematics motivation (mathematics identity, mathematics self-efficacy, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests
Yee, Darrick; Ogut, Burhan; Bohrnstedt, George; Broer, Markus; Circi, Ruhan – American Institutes for Research, 2021
This study linked ninth-grade student background data and school-reported high school transcript data from the national High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) to student item responses on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment to examine the relationships between high school coursework and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 9, High School Students, Course Selection (Students)