Indicator Systems for Monitoring Mathematics and Science Education

Richard J. Shavelson, Lorraine M. McDonnell, Jeannie Oakes, Neil Brian Carey, Larry Picus

ResearchPublished 1987

The demand for more valid and useful educational indicators has grown significantly as national, state, and local agencies have moved to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education. This report addresses the question of the National Science Foundation's role in monitoring mathematics and science education. The report identifies several options for developing a system of education indicators, i.e., measures that report the condition of particularly significant features of mathematics and science education, and then assesses each option in terms of its usefulness, feasibility, cost, and compatibility with other national and state efforts to monitor educational performance. The authors recommend that the NSF should initially construct a patchwork of existing indicators to describe the status of mathematics and science education, while undertaking developmental research to create better indicators, establish an institutionalized method of collaborating with other data collection efforts, and devise procedures that ensure monitoring system results can be used by policymakers and educators.

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  • Year: 1987
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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/R3570
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Shavelson, Richard J., Lorraine M. McDonnell, Jeannie Oakes, Neil Brian Carey, and Larry Picus, Indicator Systems for Monitoring Mathematics and Science Education. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1987. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3570.html. Also available in print form.
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