ERIC Number: EJ1359326
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 9
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-9664
EISSN: EISSN-1539-9672
A Half Century of Student Progress Nationwide: First Comprehensive Analysis Finds Broad Gains in Test Scores, with Larger Gains for Students of Color than White Students
Shakeel, M. Danish; Peterson, Paul E.
Education Next, v22 n4 p50-58 Fall 2022
Has the achievement of U.S. students improved over the past half century? Have gaps between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups widened or narrowed? These and similar questions provoke near-constant conversation. But answers are uncertain, partly because research to date has yielded inconsistent findings. In this article, the authors bring together information from every nationally representative testing program consistently administered in the United States over the past 50 years to document trends in student achievement from 1971 to 2017, the last year for which detailed information is currently available.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students, Socioeconomic Status, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study; Program for International Student Assessment; Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
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