Statistics in Brief: Social Background Differences in High School Mathematics and Science Coursetaking and Achievement

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Title:	Statistics in Brief: Social Background Differences in High School Mathematics and Science Coursetaking and Achievement
Description:	This issue brief uses data from all three waves of the NELS:88 study (Base Year, First Follow-Up and Second Follow-Up) to examine the social class differences in mathematics growth between the eighth and twelfth grades.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (1,294KB)
Cover Date:	August 1995
Web Release:	August 10, 1995
Print Release:	August 10, 1995
Publication #:	NCES 95206 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Thomas B. Hoffer, Kenneth A. Rasinski, Whitney Moore, NORC
Type of Product:	Statistics in Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	High School Transcript Studies (HST) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
Keywords:	Mathematics/Science Education
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistics in Brief, please contact: Elise Christopher.