This National Assessment of Educational Progress report (available in Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only) "evaluate[s] and report[s] the educational progress of students at grades 4, 8, and 12... provid[ing]... students' science achievement at each grade and within various subgroups of the general population." For 8th graders, selected state data is also available. Major assessment findings include:...

Released in December, this 117-page report constitutes the latest installment of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which compares US math and science achievements in elementary and secondary education with that of 26 other TIMSS countries (see the June 13, 1997 Scout Report for information on earlier installments). "The report details findings on the performance of...

In 1996 the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation made _Science and Engineering Indicators 1996_ available via the web. This is the twelfth in a series of biennial reports that NSF has produced. "In an era of increased emphasis on assessment of government and university performance and industrial benchmarking, _Science and Engineering Indicators_ provides decisionmakers and...

The National Science Board of the National Science Foundation has published the thirteenth issue of this biennial report. Science and Engineering Indicators chronicles overall trends in the development of "science and engineering research and education." The report details tendencies in all levels of education; the science and engineering work force; US, international, and academic research; and...

Science and Engineering Indicators is a biennial report of the National Science Board on the trends and capabilities of technical fields within the United States. The document is made to help government and corporate policy makers consider the best directions to take for their respective organization, but it also offers valuable insights into the country's growth. It is a very comprehensive...

From the October 1999 issue of Scientific American, "The False Crisis in Science Education," by W. Wayt Gibbs and Douglas Fox, is a select, Web-enhanced article available free at the Scientific American Website. With many hyperlinks to sites pertaining to points raised in the article, the piece discusses what the authors perceive as a "largely mythical decline in the quality of science education...

In late 2001, this report was released from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Nation's Report Card: Science 2000, gives the results of a survey by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showing, "on average, what students know and can do" in science. NAEP reports that fourth-graders' and eighth-graders' scores were largely unchanged since 1996, but that...