*Faculty of Education, University Teknologi, Malaysia-81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
**School of Human Resource Education and Workforce Development, 135 Old Forestry Building, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
***Graduate School of Education, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung Pei Rd., Chung Li, Taiwan
Online published on 30 September, 2013.
The purpose of this study was to determine if age and gender influence on the students’ achievement in high school English. This study utilized the student's grade point average (GPA) for English during high school years to measure achievement. The data for this study came from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study (HSTS) 2005. The study described the graduating high school students in the U.S. by age, gender and their academic achievement in English. The study compared the English achievement between age groups and gender. The comparison revealed that there were statistically significant differences in GPA scores; however, the effect sizes were small. Index Terms- Achievement, Age, Assessment, English, Gender
