Average Mathematics Scores by Students' Report on Time Spent Daily on Mathematics Homework at Grades 4, 8, and 12: 2000
Table ??, 2000 NAEP Mathematics Report Card
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment.
Major Findings
At grades 4 and 8, a moderate amount of homework time--15 and 45 minutes depending on grade level--is associated with a higher average score on NAEP. Fourth-graders who spent an hour or more on homework had lower scores than their peers who did not do homework.
At grade 12, however, there was no statistically significant difference in the performance of students spending any time between 15 minutes and one hour or more on mathematics homework. Twelfth-graders who reported spending no time on homework had lower scores than their peers who did homework.
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