Interpreting 12th-Graders’ NAEP-Scaled Mathematics Performance Using High School Predictors and Postsecondary Outcomes From the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)

Title:	Interpreting 12th-Graders’ NAEP-Scaled Mathematics Performance Using High School Predictors and Postsecondary Outcomes From the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
Description:	This report utilizes four sources of NELS:88 data: questionnaire responses, tests, high school transcripts, and postsecondary education transcripts. The NELS:88 1992 12th grade mathematics assessment scores were transformed to the NAEP scale. The report relates mathematics results expressed in the NAEP metric (specifically, the NAEP achievement levels) to cross-sectional (12th grade) correlates of math achievement. It also relates 12th grade NAEP-scaled NELS:88 mathematics results (again expressed in terms of the NAEP achievement levels) to postsecondary educational outcomes. The report is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1 provides background information and an introduction. Chapter 2 examines the correlates of math achievement— student, family, and high school predictors (e.g., sex, race, socioeconomic status [SES], school sector, highest math course taken, grades, etc.) of 12th graders’ NAEP-Scaled performance. Chapter 3 relates high school seniors’ NAEP-scaled mathematics performance to later outcomes such as entry into postsecondary education, and baccalaureate attainment. These senior-year correlates (chapter 2) and future outcomes (chapter 3) are explored through bivariate tables; senior-year achievement correlates are also examined in a logistic regression. Two appendixes provide technical notes, a glossary of variables used, and tables of standard errors for all estimates contained in the report.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (758KB)
Cover Date:	September 2007
Web Release:	September 18, 2007
Print Release:	This Publication will only be available online.
Publication #:	NCES 2007328 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Scott, Leslie A.; and Ingels, Steven J.
Type of Product:	Statistical Analysis Report
Survey/Program Areas:	High School Transcript Studies (HST) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) • mathematics Longitudinal Studies Mathematics NAEP Postsecondary Education • persistence and attainment Secondary Education • longitudinal studies
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistical Analysis Report, please contact: Elise Christopher.