Sentences with phrase «grade reading score decline»

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However, in both Louisiana and the nation as a whole, 8th grade scores in reading and math declined slightly that year.

The analysis extends previous work (see «Johnny Can Read... in Some States,» features, Summer 2005, and «Keeping an Eye on State Standards,» features, Summer 2006) that used 2003 and 2005 test - score data and finds in the new data a noticeable decline, especially at the 8th - grade level.

Nationally, average NAEP scores were also lackluster, with average math scores declining slightly among fourth - and eighth - graders, and in eighth - grade reading.

The results show average reading scores in fourth grade reading dipped to levels of a decade ago and eighth grade scores declined as well.

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...

Doing only slightly better than the national average in fourth grade reading, with a statistically significant declining average reading score

DCPS ELEMENTARY TEST SCORES DOWN — DECLINES IN READING AND MATH Michelle Rhee, unaccountable & unqualified Chancellor «The DCPS had lower math test scores in grades 4 and 8 in 2009, and District African - American test scores went down&raquSCORES DOWN — DECLINES IN READING AND MATH Michelle Rhee, unaccountable & unqualified Chancellor «The DCPS had lower math test scores in grades 4 and 8 in 2009, and District African - American test scores went down&raquscores in grades 4 and 8 in 2009, and District African - American test scores went down&raquscores went down»....

Fourth - grade scores in 2017 were flat in math and down somewhat in reading, though the decline was not considered statistically significant.

Eighth grade reading scores were unchanged from last year and math scale scores saw a slight decline.

NCES noted a troubling trend in scores since two years ago: Even as the status quo held stable for most test takers, scores for the highest - performing eighth - graders (those scoring at the 75th and 90th percentiles) nosed higher, while those for the lowest - performing students (those at the 10th and 25th percentiles) declined in fourth - grade math, eighth - grade math, and fourth - grade reading.

Yet despite this intensive test preparation, reading scores have paradoxically stagnated or declined in the later grades.

In fact, in the 1990s only seven states raised their NAEP grade four reading scores while three actually declined.

It is also noteworthy that Houston's average SAT - 9 reading scores for 2003 peaked in the first grade at the 51st percentile, and consistently declined beyond that point to the 27th percentile for ninth grade students, a level at which a student has almost no comprehension of the assigned textbooks.

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 sincReading 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 sincreading 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 sincescores 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 sinceScores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.

Average scores for reading in 2015 declined at grade 8; there was no significant change in the reading score for fourth - grade student.

(Mich.) As one of the few states in the nation with declining reading scores for more than a decade, Michigan officials are considering a plan to do away with traditional grade levels and instead to promote students only after they've shown mastery of content.

Average scale scores for 2017 fourth - grade reading in Wisconsin were 220, a decline that is statistically significant when compared to the 2015 average score of 223.

Eighth - grade scores declined from 2013, while fourth - grade reading scores were mostly stagnant.

Yet according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the reading proficiency of 12th - grade black students has declined by five points over those two decades, and the scores of white students have not budged.

For example, a national study using data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and 4th - grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scores documented that losses of librarians are associated with declines or inferior gains in reading scores, while gains of librarians are associated with improved scores (Lance & Hofschire, 2011a).