In a statement made last week, Levesque said Arizona had been on the same track, and had been painting a «picture of overwhelming success,» despite a 49 - point gap
between fourth grade reading scores on state and national assessments.
Figure 11 shows no significant difference
between the
reading scores of
fourth -
grade students in Texas and in the nation as a whole, except in 2003, and minimal improvement across the board.
n The report highlights data such as
fourth grade reading scores, eighth
grade math results and Kentucky's college - and career - readiness results showing a 30 percentage - point gap
between students based on English language proficiency, a 25 percentage - point gap
between African American and white students, a 20 percentage - point gap based on identified learning differences and also family income, and a 10 percentage - point gap
between Hispanic students and their white peers.
Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sinc
Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP
grade four
reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sinc
reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP
scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since
scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP
score gap
between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and —
Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since
Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.