1996 Science Performance Standards
The National Assessment Governing Board

Foreword

Highlights

Introduction

 Achievement Level Results: National and Regional Comparisons

 Achievement Level Results: State Comparisons

Appendixes




Honorable William T. Randall, Chair
Former Commissioner of Education
State of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Mary R. Blanton, Vice Chair
Attorney
Salisbury, North Carolina

Patsy Cavazos
Principal
W.G. Love Accelerated
Elementary School
Houston, Texas

Catherine A. Davidson
Secondary Education Director
Central Kitsap School District
Silverdale, Washington

Edward Donley
Former Chairman
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Honorable James Edgar
Member Designate
Governor of Illinois
Springfield, Illinois

James E. Ellingson
Fourth-Grade Classroom Teacher
Probstfield Elementary School
Moorhead, Minnesota

Thomas H. Fisher
Director, Student Assessment Services
Florida Department of Education
Tallahassee, Florida

Michael J. Guerra
Executive Director
Secondary Schools Department
National Catholic Educational Association
Washington, DC

Edward H. Haertel
Professor of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Jan B. Loveless
President, Loveless and Associates
Midland, Michigan

Marilyn McConachie
Vice-Chairperson
Illinois State Board of Education
Northbrook, Illinois

William J. Moloney
Superintendent of Schools
Calvert County Public Schools
Prince Frederick, Maryland

Honorable Annette Morgan
Former Member
Missouri House of Representatives
Jefferson City, Missouri

Mark D. Musick
President
Southern Regional Education Board
Atlanta, Georgia

Mitsugi Nakashima
First Vice Chair
Hawaii State Board of Education
Honolulu, Hawaii

Michael T. Nettles
Professor of Education & Public Policy
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Director
Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute
United Negro College Fund

Honorable Norma Paulus
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Oregon State Department of Education
Salem, Oregon

Honorable Roy Romer
Governor of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Honorable Edgar D. Ross
Judge
Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands
Christiansted, St. Croix
U.S. Virgin Islands

Fannie L. Simmons
Mathematics Coordinator
District 5 of Lexington/Richland County
Ballentine, South Carolina

Adam Urbanski
President
Rochester Teachers Association
Rochester, New York

Deborah Voltz
Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Marilyn A. Whirry
Twelfth-Grade English Teacher
Mira Costa High School
Manhattan Beach, California

Dennie Palmer Wolf
Senior Research Associate
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ramon C. Cortines (Ex-Officio)
Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Educational Research and
Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC


Roy Truby
Executive Director, NAGB
Washington, DC



Contents / Foreword / Highlights / Introduction / National and Regional Comparisons
State Comparisons / Appendixes / Acknowledgements