Acknowledgments We wish to thank the parents and children participating in the ECLS-K:2011 for th... more Acknowledgments We wish to thank the parents and children participating in the ECLS-K:2011 for their cooperation, time, and willingness to provide information about themselves and their families. We also would like to thank the teachers and administrators of the schools we visited across the United States for allowing us to work with their students and parents and for providing us with information about their students and schools. We are especially appreciative of the assistance we received from the chief state school officers, district superintendents and staff, and private school officials who helped enable us to conduct the study in their schools. We also wish to acknowledge the support that we have received from the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families,
Introduction .......................... 1 Focus of This Statistics in Brief ........................ more Introduction .......................... 1 Focus of This Statistics in Brief ............................. 2 The ECLS-K Cohort .............. 2 Mathematics Course Enrollment ....................... 3 Eighth-Grade Algebra Enrollment in the Schools .......... 3 Fifth-Grade Mathematics Performance and Enjoyment of Mathematics ....... 6 Eighth-Grade Mathematics Performance ..................... 6 Enjoyment of Mathematics and Educational Expectations in the Eighth Grade . 9 Summary ............................. 10 Methodology and Technical Notes.............. 11 Glossary: Constructs and Variables Used in the Analysis ......................... 13 References ........................... 15 Appendix A. Standard Error Tables ................... 17
Acknowledgments We wish to thank the parents and children participating in the ECLS-K:2011 for th... more Acknowledgments We wish to thank the parents and children participating in the ECLS-K:2011 for their cooperation, time, and willingness to provide information about themselves and their families. We also would like to thank the teachers and administrators of the schools we visited across the United States for allowing us to work with their students and parents and for providing us with information about their students and schools. We are especially appreciative of the assistance we received from the chief state school officers, district superintendents and staff, and private school officials who helped enable us to conduct the study in their schools. We also wish to acknowledge the support that we have received from the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families,
Introduction .......................... 1 Focus of This Statistics in Brief ........................ more Introduction .......................... 1 Focus of This Statistics in Brief ............................. 2 The ECLS-K Cohort .............. 2 Mathematics Course Enrollment ....................... 3 Eighth-Grade Algebra Enrollment in the Schools .......... 3 Fifth-Grade Mathematics Performance and Enjoyment of Mathematics ....... 6 Eighth-Grade Mathematics Performance ..................... 6 Enjoyment of Mathematics and Educational Expectations in the Eighth Grade . 9 Summary ............................. 10 Methodology and Technical Notes.............. 11 Glossary: Constructs and Variables Used in the Analysis ......................... 13 References ........................... 15 Appendix A. Standard Error Tables ................... 17
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