Publication/Product Release
Past
The Nation's Report Card: Economics 2012 (NCES 2013-453)
NCES
Virtual
Apr 24, 2013
About this event
First administered in 2006, the NAEP economics assessment measures twelfth-graders' understanding of a wide range of topics in three main content areas: market economy, national economy, and international economy. This report provides results of the economics assessment in 2012 based on a nationally representative sample of nearly 11,000 twelfth-graders. Results from 2012 are compared with those from 2006 to investigate whether our nation's high school seniors are becoming increasingly literate in economics.
Performance results are presented in the form of NAEP scale scores and percentages of students at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced achievement levels. The report also includes information about the performance of various student demographic groups, gap comparisons by gender and race/ethnicity, classroom experiences, and frequency of learning about economics outside the classroom. Trend results in Economics are reported for the first time (the original assessment was administered in 2006).
Performance results are presented in the form of NAEP scale scores and percentages of students at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced achievement levels. The report also includes information about the performance of various student demographic groups, gap comparisons by gender and race/ethnicity, classroom experiences, and frequency of learning about economics outside the classroom. Trend results in Economics are reported for the first time (the original assessment was administered in 2006).
