On the Academic Performance of New Jersey's Public School Children: Fourth and Eighth Grade Mathematics in 1992

Creator

Howard Wainer

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

July 1994

Abstract

Data from the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress are used to compare the performance of New Jersey public school children with those from other participating states. The comparisons are made with the raw means scores and after standardizing all state scores to a common (National U.S.) demographic mixture. It is argued that for most plausible questions about the performance of public schools the standardized scores are more useful. Also, it is shown that if New Jersey is viewed as an independent nation, its students finished sixth among all the nations participating in the 1991 International Mathematics Assessment.

Extent

17

Geographic Location

New Jersey

Volume

2

Issue

10

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00025

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Wainer, Howard, "On the Academic Performance of New Jersey's Public School Children: Fourth and Eighth Grade Mathematics in 1992" (1994). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 274.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/274