Author: Li Juan, Chen Ling, Li Xiuju

Abstract：Science education serves as a main way of cultivating creative talents, improving citizen’s scientific literacy and improving the core competitiveness of the country. In this paper，the elementary and secondary mathematics and science education indicators in the 11 issues of“science and engineering indicators （1996—2016）”were analyzed. The research focuses，construction and the data sources of the elementary and secondary mathematics and science education indicators were studied. This inspires us to pay more attention to students’mathematics and science curriculum，science teachers and teaching techniques and students’achievement. Some constructive proposals are put forward in the paper：it is necessary to establish a long-term，sustainable and nationwide monitoring system for the quality of math and science education in elementary and secondary schools in China；regulations of periodic reporting on the quality of math and science education in elementary and secondary schools in China need to be established as well.

Studies on Science Popularization, 2017,12(1): p65-70