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FYI; please direct all inquires to the contact person listed at the end
of the message. -- Jim

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Jim Cassell                                    CASSELL@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science       CASSELL@UNCVM1.BITNET
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill       Phone:  919-962-0782
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355                    Fax:    919-962-4777
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The following is provided by the Office of Educational Research
and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.  Please feel
welcome to distribute.

               U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
             NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

          NAEP TREND ALMANACS NOW AVAILABLE ON DISKETTE

The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics announces the availability of almanacs for the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1990 trend
assessments in mathematics, reading, writing, and science.  These
almanacs include computer-generated tables of information on a
nationally representative sample of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old
students.

The almanacs contain contextual information on the performance of
students in mathematics based on background questionnaires
answered by students. The student background questionnaire
includes questions about race-ethnicity, language spoken in the
home, parental education, homework, views toward subject matter,
and use of skills related to the subject, providing a context for
understanding information on the students' proficiency.

A key feature of the almanacs is the average student proficiency
score for responses to all questions asked on the student
questionnaire.  The unit of analysis remains the student
throughout the almanac.  The responses are broken down by various
categories as well: sex, race-ethnicity, geographic region, age,
type of community, parents' education level, type of school, and
ability of students in class.

The almanacs are available in compressed files on 3.5 or 5.25
inch IBM-compatible diskettes for each of the three ages in
mathematics and one diskette for each of the combined ages for
science, writing, writing mechanics, and reading. Those
interested in obtaining the almanacs should specify their needs
and provide the required blank diskettes to:

          John Mathews
          National Center for Education Statistics
          555 New Jersey Avenue NW
          Washington, DC  20208-5653
          (202) 219-1690.