The 2017 test results show Texas struggling to keep pace in fourth and
eighth grade reading compared to past years, even when accounting for a student population that is less affluent and more in need of specialized education programs, such as bilingual education, than those of many other states.
Not exact matches
This year, state officials reported an exclusion rate of 3.6 percent in fourth -
grade reading compared with 12.6 percent in 2013; and only 4.7 percent of
eighth graders were excluded, down from 9.2 percent in 2013.
Reading scores also inched downward at the
eighth -
grade level, staying flat for the fourth
grade compared with 2013.
In 2015 — 16, third -
grade reading proficiency fell to 45.7 percent from 48.8 percent two years earlier, while
eighth -
grade reading proficiency was flat at 39.7 percent
compared to 39.9 percent two years earlier.
The latest results from the National Assessment for Educational Progress, released today, show Kentucky's students with: A declining average scale score in fourth
grade reading compared to 2015 No significant change in
eighth grade reading, fourth
grade mathematics...
These results can be
compared to those for New York City, where 24 percent of male Black students and 25 percent of male Hispanic students scored proficient in
grade 8
reading, or they can be
compared to the statewide averages: 21 percent of male Black students and 24 percent of male Hispanic students
reading at the proficient level in
eighth grade.
Chart
comparing the percentage of Virginia public school
eighth -
grade students achieving at the proficient level or above in
reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress with the performance of public school students nationwide.
No significant change in
eighth grade reading, fourth
grade mathematics and
eighth grade mathematics
compared to 2015
Reading scores weren't much better:
Eighth -
grade scores dropped while fourth -
grade performance was stagnant
compared with 2013, the last time the test was administered.
Reading scores weren't much better;
eighth -
grade scores dropped while fourth -
grade performance was stagnant
compared with 2013, the last time the test was administered.
The analysis from the charter school association, which used data collected by the Michigan Department of Education, concluded the largest gaps were found in the MEAP
reading scores — as high as 9.3 percentage points difference in
eighth grade; with 43.6 percent proficient for black urban students in charter schools,
compared to 34.3 percent proficient for black urban students in traditional public schools, said Buddy Moorehouse, spokesman for the state's charter school association.