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Download full textBen Backes; Michael DeArmond; Elise Dizon-Ross; Dan Goldhaber – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2023
Given math's importance, states are adopting a range of K12 policies to improve math outcomes. As these and other policies unfold, policymakers need to monitor intended outcomes and ultimately gauge impact. They need answers to basic questions: Are more students taking and passing algebra and advanced math? Are performance gaps changing between…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Policy, State Policy
Direct linkMichael Strandberg – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Students at Century High School (CHS), a Catholic all-boys high school on Long Island, New York, who started ninth grade with Algebra 1 instead of Geometry demonstrated less obvious career interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and lower mathematics achievement, as typically evidenced by Iowa Tests of Educational…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, High School Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2019
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. The topics for this report on English learners and high school mathematics include: (1) Distribution of Students Enrolled in High School Mathematics Classes; (2) Percentage of Students Who Failed to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedDomina, Thurston – Child Development, 2014
The proportion of eighth graders in United States public schools enrolled in algebra or a more advanced mathematics course doubled between 1990 and 2011. This article uses Early Childhood Longitudinal Study's Kindergarten Cohort data to consider the selection process into advanced middle school mathematics courses and estimate the effects of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Advanced Courses, Mathematics Achievement
Loveless, Tom – Brookings Institution, 2013
This is the twelfth edition of the Brown Center Report. Part I examines the latest data from state, national, or international assessments. This year the focus is on the latest results from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) released in December, 2012. Part I also…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Ability Grouping, Grade 8, Advanced Courses
