Some National Trends in High School Science Education and Their Influence in Iowa

Authors

Jack Gerlovich, Iowa Department of Public InstructionFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In August, 1978, a NEW sponsored National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report was issued entitled, Three Assessments of Science: Changes in Achievement 1969-77. The report indicated a 4.7 percent decrease in science achievement scores for 17 year-old high school students since 1969. During the same time period, 2.5 percent and 1.4 percent declines were reported for 13 and 9 year olds in science, respectively. Declines were observed to be greater in the physical than the biological sciences.

Publication Date

April 1979

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

16

Issue

1

First Page

37

Last Page

43

Copyright

© Copyright 1979 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Gerlovich, Jack (1979) "Some National Trends in High School Science Education and Their Influence in Iowa," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 16: No. 1, Article 20.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol16/iss1/20