National Assessment Governing Board News Release for the The Nation's Report Card Science 2009 Release

http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/media/pdf/PressReleaseNAGBScience2009.pdf

According to results from the 2009 National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP)—also known as The Nation's Report
Card—34 percent of the nation's fourth-graders, 30 percent of
eighth-graders, and 21 percent of twelfth-graders are performing
at or above the Proficient level in science, meaning that less
than one-half of students are demonstrating solid academic
performance and competency over challenging subject matter.

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