2018 NSSME+ Science Trends Report

This report focuses on trends in science education between 2012 and 2018 based on data from the 2018 NSSME+, a nationally representative survey of 7,600 science, mathematics, and computer science teachers in schools across the United States. Areas addressed in the report include: teacher backgrounds and beliefs, professional development, courses offered; instructional objectives and activities, instructional resources, and factors affecting instruction.

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- 2018 NSSME+: Trends in U.S. Science Education from 2012 to 2018 (PDF, 2.05 MB) updated 11/11/20; see Errata for changes

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