Few US kids do well in science class: study

A U.S. government study on children were discovered on Tuesday that only one in three show skills in science in middle and high school, while this figure drops to one in five of these high school graduates.

And even less, between one and two percent, showed an understanding of cutting-edge science, said the National Assessment of Educational Progress (barely), issued by the U.S. Department of Education.

The study examined national samples of 156 500 of fourth graders (90-10 years), 151 100, and eighth grade (age 13-14), and 11,100 12th grade (age 17-18).

The evaluation methodology that examined how children responded to questions concerning the physical, earth, life and space sciences, was designed in 2009 so that results could be compared with previous years, the report said.

One percent of fourth graders, two percent of eighth graders, and one per cent of pupils achieved the twelfth to advanced.

And many students in the same basic understanding of scientific concepts in their grade level: 72 percent of fourth graders scored at or above basic level in 2009, while the same could be said about 63 percent of eighth graders and 60 percent of students 12.

Boys outperformed girls in all quality measures, while white students outperformed the other races in the junior, but was balanced with Asian American students at the 12th class.

children of the city went the worst, while the suburban schools are more successful.

Tasks to assess the level of "qualified" with "Understand that the gravitational constant strikes an object (class 4) and the" rate There are two ways to help manage invasive alien species (Class 12). "

Advanced students could design a study to compare the types of food for birds (grade 4), predicting the Sun? S position in the sky (Class 8) and recognize a nuclear fission reaction (grade 12).