August 2001
Author: Shari L. Santapau
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Results for the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment show overall gains in fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-graders' average scores since 1990, the first year in which the current mathematics assessment was administered. Twelfth-graders' performance, however, has declined since 1996. National scores in 2000 were higher[1] than in 1996, 1992, or 1990 for fourth- and eighth-graders. This was not the case for twelfth-graders. The average score for high school seniors was lower in 2000 than in 1996. However, twelfth-graders' average score was higher in 2000 than in 1990.
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