U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

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Research on Science Education

 
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Slide 5

TIMSS Science 1995

Speaker's notes explaining graph:

A similar picture is painted from the results of the 3rd international math and science study, the TIMSS. Our performance relative to other nations depends dramatically on children's grade and age. Our children are above average in elementary school, average in middle school, and are nearly at the bottom of the pack at exit from high school.

Calculated from data presented in:

National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. (2000). Pursuing Excellence: Comparisons of International Eighth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement from a U.S. Perspective, 1995 and 1999. NCES 2001-28. Figure 2. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. (1998). Pursuing Excellence: A Study of U.S. Twelfth-Grade Mathematics and Science Achievement in International Context. NCES 98-049. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.