description- – This document presents the executive summary of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1992 mathematics assessment. It included nearly 250,000 fourth, eighth, and twelfth grade students attending approximately 10,000 schools across the United States. The results from the assessment indicate that student performance is improving nationally and in some states, but a considerable challenge remains. Proportions of students at the higher achievement levels continue to be low, particularly for those subpopulations of students historically considered to be"at risk."Major findings include: (1) for the United States there were statistically significant increases in average mathematics proficiency between 1990 and 1992 for fourth, eighth, and twelfth grade students; (2) just over 60% of the students in grades 4, 8, and 12 were estimated to be at or above the basic level on the assessment; (3) within and across participating states and territories there was considerable variation in performance; (4) the increases in mathematics proficiency between 1990 and 1992 did little to alter the relative standings of the demographic groups; and (5) a number of gains were noted for the United States as a whole, and the states in the mathematics content areas assessed. (JRH)
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreator description- – The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) covered five different grade levels, with more than 40 countries collecting data in more than 30 different languages. More than a million students were tested. The present report contains the TIMSS results for students in the final year of secondary school. Mathematics and science literacy achievement results are reported for 21 countries; advanced mathematics results and physics results, respectively, are reported for 16 countries. These results complete the first round of descriptive reports from the TIMSS study. Together with the results for primary school students (third and fourth grade in most countries) and middle school students (seventh and eighth grades in most countries), the results contained in this report provide valuable information about the relative effectiveness of a country's education system as students progress through school. A ten-page Executive Summary details the extensive conclusions to be drawn from the study. Dozens of tables and figures provide detailed statistics for all participating countries. The Netherlands and Sweden were the top performing countries in mathematics; France was the top performer in advanced mathematics; Norway and Sweden had physics achievement levels significantly higher than other participating countries. The appendixes contain extensive information pertaining to the development of the TIMSS tests, sample sizes and participation rates, compliance with sampling guidelines, and the test-curriculum matching analysis. (DDR)
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