Report Statistics in Brief

Gender Differences in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Interest, Credits Earned, and NAEP Performance in the 12th Grade

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Author(s):
Brittany C. Cunningham American Institutes for Research Kathleen Mulvaney Hoyer and Dinah Sparks Activate Research, Inc.
Publication date:
February 2015
Survey areas:
NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress
Publication number:
NCES 2015075

Summary

This Statistics in Brief describes high school graduates' attitudes toward STEM courses (specifically, mathematics and science), credits earned in STEM fields, and performance on the NAEP mathematics and science assessments in 2009.

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