The 10th
grade math proficiency rate has jumped from 39 percent to 58 percent, and the senior graduation rate from 79 percent to 89 percent.
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 factors.
Not exact matches
CPC not only helps children be school ready, but improves reading and
math proficiency over the school
grades, which led to higher
rates of graduation and ultimately greater economic well - being.»
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.
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.
More than 41 percent of students in
grades 2 - 6 demonstrated
proficiency in
math, and the
proficiency rate for reading was 21 percent.
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 %.
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.
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.
State and NAEP
proficiency rates are the average of 8th
grade proficiency rates in
math and reading.
While
proficiency rates on
grade - level
math and reading tests hovered in the 30s, performance at surrounding traditional schools was worse.
The NAEP adjustment relies on 2015
math and reading
proficiency rates on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) at the state / subgroup /
grade level.
New York's expectations are even higher than NAEP's:
Proficiency rates on its 4th
grade reading and 8th
grade math tests are 3 percentage points to 10 percentage points lower than those
rates on the NAEP, Achieve reports.
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
Fewer than a third of students are reading on
grade level, and the
math proficiency rate among eighth - graders is less than half the city average.
These gulfs in racial performance exist throughout all age groups, including 8th -
grade math proficiency, college
math course readiness and high school graduation
rates.
The report cited
proficiency rates in reading and
math for students in
grades 3, 5 and 8, as measured by the Measures of Academic Progress exam, which tests students throughout the school year.
«Despite progress, we are still ranked 47th in fourth -
grade reading
proficiency on NAEP, 50th in eighth -
grade math proficiency and 46th in graduation
rate.»
The improvements Anderson cited were based on her own school
rating criteria,» (but) based on state standardized test scores, Newark children had declined in
proficiency since her arrival, in
math in all tested
grades, and in language arts in all but two.»
In 2010, reading
proficiency rates were about 75, 86, and 76 percent for the third, fourth and fifth
grades respectively;
math proficiency rates were about 82, 94 and 78 percent in the same
grades.
Click here to view a comparison of state NAEP averages created by the U. S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences; you can also see charts here comparing each states»
proficiency rates to those of NAEP for 4th and 8th
grade reading along with charts for
math and science.
Its 8th -
grade proficiency rates in 2014 were significantly lower than the two schools that don't backfill: 57 % in reading and 70 % in
math.
After learning to use the Essential Skill Inventories as a competency framework, and to consistently personalize instruction to help each child build essential skills,
proficiency rates on
grade 3 state achievement tests increased from 37 % in literacy to over 85 %, and from 59 % in
math to over 90 %
proficiency.
While the 8th
grade math gap is the most egregious, the DC CAS
proficiency rate is well below the NAEP
rate in other areas as well.
The state board will likely select either middle school dropout
rates, for which data can be problematic, or a blend of reading
proficiency in 3rd
grade and 8th
grade math — two early indicators that point to whether students are on track for college.
In 8th
grade math, the gap between
proficiency rates on state tests and the NAEP narrowed from 32 percentage points in 2011 to 15 in 2014.
The state fared better in education, improving in all of the indicators (pre-school attendance, 4th
grade reading
proficiency, 8th
grade math proficiency, and high school graduation
rates).