| Title: | Eighth-Grade Algebra: Findings From the Eighth-Grade Round of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K) |
| Description: | This Statistics in Brief provides descriptive statistics on algebra enrollment for the cohort of students in the first-grade class of 1999-2000 who had progressed to eighth grade in the 2006-07 school year (representing about 80 percent of the eighth-grade class of 2006-07). The Brief examines mathematics performance at the end of eighth grade by algebra enrollment and other characteristics, including prior mathematics ability and schools' level of eighth-grade algebra enrollment. Data are drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), which included a direct mathematics assessment at the end of the fifth and eighth grades. |
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| Cover Date: | October 2010 |
| Web Release: | October 6, 2010 |
| Publication #: | NCES 2010016 |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Walston, J. (Education Statistics Services Institute – American Institutes for Research) and McCarroll, J.C. |
| Type of Product: | Statistics in Brief |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) |
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