Trend Analysis IDENTIFIERS *National Assessment of Educational Progress

Thip document focuses on trends in school and home frameworks for learning found in National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data from 1977 to 1990. Trends in classroom instruction, course taking, students ' attitudes, homework versus television viewing, and reading habits and home support for literacy are considered. One table provides data on trends in attitudes toward mathematics at ages 13 and 17 years in 1978 to 1990; and another table provides data on trends in television watching at ages 9:13, and 17 years from 1982 to 1990. Six questions for discussion are listed. Although classrooms should be student, rather than teacher, centered, NAEP trend data indicate that old habits are difficult to change. Results for science and mathematics show movement toward more advanced high school coursework. NAEP data show that students with more positive attitudes about the value of what they are learnin