The state's elementary school students are nearing 90 percent
proficiency marks on state reading assessments, after noting a small gain from last year to 88 percent.
Among the 44 states which have adopted Common Core, it will be interesting to see if any of them buttress these higher standards with a
higher proficiency mark on annual tests.
Zoom in and click on any state to see what each state's
proficiency mark on its 8th - grade reading test is equivalent to on the national NAEP exam, and how many grade levels that is below New York, the top state.
Learning scales can be created by setting the standard you're teaching at
the proficiency mark (typically called level 3), then writing more simplified versions of the standard for levels 1 and 2, and a more intense version of the standard for level 4 (mastery).
During Roses» first year, however, few students hit
the proficiency mark on state standardized tests.
The report paints a similarly discouraging picture in terms of reading proficiency — just 17.4 % of 3rd graders, 10.1 % of 8th graders, and 14.4 % of high school students with disabilities were able to meet
the proficiency mark (all down by at least 25 percentage points from 2011 - 12).
graders, and 14.4 % of high school students with disabilities were able to meet
the proficiency mark (all down by at least 25 percentage points from 2011 - 12).
In eighth grade reading, for example, there are 83 NAEP points between where New York, the top state, set
its proficiency mark (at 282), and where Georgia, the lowest state, set its proficiency mark (at 199).
Zoom in and click on any state to see what each state's
proficiency mark on its 8th - grade math test is equivalent to on the national NAEP exam, and how many grade levels that is below New York, the top state.
One way to do this is to look at where each state sets the passing score, or
proficiency mark, on the exams it gives each year.