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The state Education Department dropped the number of raw points needed to hit proficiency levels in six of the 12 English and math exams given to students in grades 3 to 8, officials acknowledged.

Only the highest ranked state, Massachusetts, actually set a proficiency standard higher than the NAEP standard — in 4th - grade math.

And more good news: the most recent sixth - grade proficiency scores surpassed AYP targets» for language and eighth graders met AYP language targets, missing AYP in math by one point.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

To see whether states are setting proficiency bars in such a way that they are «lowballing expectations» and have «lowered the bar» for students in 4th - and 8th - grade reading and math, Education Next has used information from the recently released 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to evaluate empirically the proficiency standards each state has established.

For example, on the 4th - grade math test in 2009, West Virginia reported that 60.8 percent of its students had achieved proficiency, but 28.1 percent were proficient on the NAEP.

The authors use data from state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to estimate changes to each state's proficiency standards in reading and math in grades 4 and 8 by identifying the difference between the percentages of students the state identifies as proficient and the percentages of students identified as proficient by NAEP, an internationally benchmarked proficiency standard.

In the first full year after the storm, the Behrman scores were among the best in the city; nearly the entire fourth grade scored at grade level or above proficiency in English and matIn the first full year after the storm, the Behrman scores were among the best in the city; nearly the entire fourth grade scored at grade level or above proficiency in English and matin the city; nearly the entire fourth grade scored at grade level or above proficiency in English and matin English and math.

Not a single city achieved a statistically significant increase in eighth - grade math proficiency since 2011.

Among its 8th - grade students, only 12 percent reached proficiency in reading and 7 percent in math.

In 2015, 45 percent of Icahn students in grades 3 — 8 scored proficient in English, while 61 percent scored proficient in math, surpassing the city's overall proficiency scores of 30 and 35 percent, respectivelIn 2015, 45 percent of Icahn students in grades 3 — 8 scored proficient in English, while 61 percent scored proficient in math, surpassing the city's overall proficiency scores of 30 and 35 percent, respectivelin grades 3 — 8 scored proficient in English, while 61 percent scored proficient in math, surpassing the city's overall proficiency scores of 30 and 35 percent, respectivelin English, while 61 percent scored proficient in math, surpassing the city's overall proficiency scores of 30 and 35 percent, respectivelin math, surpassing the city's overall proficiency scores of 30 and 35 percent, respectively.

In fourth - grade reading, eighth - grade reading, and eighth - grade math, about one out of every four students reaches proficiency in the average large citIn fourth - grade reading, eighth - grade reading, and eighth - grade math, about one out of every four students reaches proficiency in the average large citin the average large city.

It is the lowest performing city in all four categories, and it got worse in three since the last administration, including a statistically significant plummet in eighth - grade math — dropping its proficiency rate to 3 percent.

Peterson, Barrows, and Gift used data from state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to estimate changes to each state's proficiency standards in reading and math in grades 4 and 8 by identifying the difference between the percentages of students the state identifies as proficient and the percentages of students identified as proficient by NAEP, an internationally - benchmarked proficiency standard.

In math, PARCC's cutoff score for college - and career - readiness is set at a higher level than the MCAS proficiency cutoff and is better aligned with what it takes to earn «C» grades in college matIn math, PARCC's cutoff score for college - and career - readiness is set at a higher level than the MCAS proficiency cutoff and is better aligned with what it takes to earn «C» grades in college matin college math.

Although the increases were most significant in the lower grades, the number of seventh - grade students with limited English proficiency who scored above the 50th percentile also increased — by 2 percent in language, reading, and spelling and by 3 percent in math.

At Blackstone Valley Prep, analysis of the suburban and urban students» scores on the 2013 state exams measuring proficiency in reading and math offers 80 different snapshots, by grade, subject and family income, with Blackstone students faring better than their peers on nearly all.

However, we found one important difference between the two exams: PARCC's cutoff scores for college - and career - readiness in math are set at a higher level than the MCAS proficiency cutoff and are better aligned with what it takes to earn «B» grades in college math.

More than 41 percent of students in grades 2 - 6 demonstrated proficiency in math, and the proficiency rate for reading was 21 percent.

Those responsible for NCLB reauthorization, as they struggle forward, should first and foremost establish a clear and consistent definition of grade - level proficiency in reading and math, even if it means giving up the cherished but decidedly unrealistic goal of proficiency for all students by 2014.

In 2015, there was almost a 30 percentile point difference in 4th grade math proficiency rates between the top and bottom states, only some of which can be explained by state - level social and economic factorIn 2015, there was almost a 30 percentile point difference in 4th grade math proficiency rates between the top and bottom states, only some of which can be explained by state - level social and economic factorin 4th grade math proficiency rates between the top and bottom states, only some of which can be explained by state - level social and economic factors.

Figure 1 shows a scatterplot of proficiency rates in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math as an example.

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the «Nation's Report Card,» «proficiency» rates last year were below 50 percent for every racial and ethnic group, in both reading and math, in both 4th and 8th grade.

The average proficiency rate in math for black third - graders who attend California public schools without the minimum threshold number of ELL third - grade students is 46 %.

First Florida started grading its schools from A to F, based on the proficiency and progress of pupils in annual reading, writing, maths and science tests.

In 2005, Illinois Standard Achievement Test results for grades 3 through 8 showed a proficiency level of 76 percent in reading and 81 percent in matIn 2005, Illinois Standard Achievement Test results for grades 3 through 8 showed a proficiency level of 76 percent in reading and 81 percent in matin reading and 81 percent in matin math.

A school with low proficiency rates for English language learners needs a different kind of support and strategy than a school with low growth rates in 7th and 8th grade math for all students.

And among the schools using the «phase - in» approach (taking over schools grade - by - grade), schools averaged a twenty - two - point gain in reading proficiency on the state assessment, and a sixteen - point gain in math last year.

Students in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 9th grades could be held back if they failed to score at the district benchmark in math and reading on nationally normed tests - the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) or the Test of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) for 9th graders.

These relative placements translate into deeply distressing overall proficiency rates for DCPS: 30 percent in fourth - grade math, 25 percent in fourth - grade reading, 17 percent in eighth - grade math, and 18 percent in eighth - grade reading.

As is well known, the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB) required states to test students annually in grades 3 - 8 (and once in high school), to report the share of students in each school performing at a proficient level in math and reading, and to intervene in schools not on track to achieve universal student proficiency by 2014.

State and NAEP proficiency rates are the average of 8th grade proficiency rates in math and reading.

These include students» grade level, Limited English Proficiency status and eligibility for subsidized school meals, their teachers» years of experience in North Carolina public schools, class size, school size, schools» racial and socioeconomic makeup, and schools» average math and reading scores on statewide tests.

Do you think we should use standards of proficiency or standards of growth to measure student achievement, especially in relation to English classes which aren't as straight - forwardly graded as math classes and why?

If states or districts tested math or literacy proficiency in more than one grade in elementary or in secondary schools, we averaged the percentages across the grades within the building level, resulting in a single achievement score for each school.

Keep in mind that about a third of TMA's entering ninth - graders start off at or below a fifth - grade level of proficiency in math and reading, and come from 50 to 60 different middle schools across Washington, Pardo adds.

* Nationally, more than 91,000 additional third - grade students reached proficiency in math in 2015 - 16 than in 2014 - 15.

While proficiency rates on grade - level math and reading tests hovered in the 30s, performance at surrounding traditional schools was worse.

Asian and Hispanic students in those grades saw drops of 1 percentage point to 58 percent and 23 percent, respectively, in math proficiency, while advanced learners of all races saw a 3 percentage - point drop to 94 percent, and black students saw no change at 12 percent.

The Kentucky Department of Education recently set a goal of reducing gaps to proficiency by half by 2030 which will require increasing 3rd grade proficiency and beyond for at least an additional 4,800 children in reading and 6,300 children in math by 2020.

It's also correlated with lower reading and math proficiency in third grade and beyond.

The studies regarding single - sex classrooms in elementary schools often boast shockingly positive results: a 2008 Stetson University study in Florida found that teaching single - sex math classes in fourth grade increased proficiency scores on the FCAT by 27 percent for girls and 30 percent for boys.

This session will explore the use of data, scheduling, professional development, access and equity frameworks, and cultural proficiency in moving historically underserved math students into algebra by grade 8.

Education Equality Index Scores are calculated using proficiency data from annual state assessments taken by students in math and reading across all grades tested.

Among students in grades three to eight, only around 30 percent demonstrated proficiency in English and math.

According to García (2010), ELLs who enter Kindergarten with limited English proficiency are in the lowest performing quartile in 5th grade reading and math.

Those lapses become magnified by the 12th grade, where only 16 % of students demonstrated proficiency in math as they prepared to graduate last spring.

What's worse, the math proficiency rate declined at each grade level in grades 3 - 8 bottoming out at a mere 6.9 % of 8

End - of - year assessments in 2015 revealed a 22 % increase in reading proficiency for grades K — 3 and a 21.6 % increase in math proficiency for grades 3 — 5.

Since 2006, according to an analysis of state testing data by the city's Department of Education (which used 2010's recalibrated proficiency levels to compare 2006's testing data to 2010's), the city's elementary and middle schools have seen a 22 - point increase in the percentage of students at or above grade level in math (to 54 percent) and a 6 - point increase in English (to 42 percent).