Sentences with phrase «national decline in test scores»

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A major study of 415,000 school students conducted over five years to 2012, «Student Attendance and Educational Outcomes: Every Day Counts», has linked increasing rates of absenteeism with declining scores in national literacy and numeracy tests.

The 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress «represented the first time math and reading scores had declined or remained stagnant since the test was first administered in 1990.»

With U.S. students» math and reading scores showing statistically significant declines on a national test for the first time in more than two decades, advocates on all sides have begun pointing fingers.

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 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.

More than $ 40 million in federal grants awarded to some of Colorado's lowest - performing schools as part of a massive national turnaround effort is producing mixed results, with state officials suspending funding for five schools because of declining test scores.