Posted on May 21st, 2021 by Mary Lord
The latest “nation’s report card” for science reveals a disturbing trend. After improving from 2009 to 2015, science scores held steady or fell – with across-the-board declines led by struggling students at the lowest achievement levels.
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Tags: Education Policy, NAEP, nation's report card, National Assessment of Educational Progress Science 2019, STEM education
Posted on October 29th, 2013 by Mary Lord
For years, America’s leaders have decried the poor showing of American students on international comparisons of math and science skills. But a new Department of Education report finds that many states outperform their global peers, including top STEM achiever Massachusetts.
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Tags: international comparisons, Math, NAEP, National Center for Education Statistics, Science, TIMSS, U. S. Department of Education, U.S. students, Web Resources
Posted on December 11th, 2011 by Mary Lord
How do top-scoring science students in New England stack up against their counterparts in the mid-Atlantic or South? Not very well, according to a new analysis of state science assessments by Change the Equation. That’s because states set the bar for proficiency at widely varying levels.
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Tags: Change the Equation, NAEP, nation's report card, national assessment of educational progress, proficiency, report, science proficiency, science scores, state science assessments