Fifty - three percent of Newark's 4th graders are proficient in English and 43 percent are proficient in math, while the state boasts
proficiency percentages of 78 and 68, respectively.
The overall grade for each state was determined by comparing the difference with the standard deviation from the average for all states for all four years on the tests for which the state
reported proficiency percentages.
Perhaps the most exciting (and terrifying) idea I've heard of in recent months is someone suing states based on their failure to achieve reasonable
student proficiency percentages under the new Common Core assessments.
This is no small question because it is hardly a given that a decrease in the gap between state
exam proficiency percentages and those on NAEP indicates actual educational improvement or even that standards are actually «rigorous» as the Education Next headline claims.
Your recommendation is a significant improvement over
the proficiency percentage metric.
Also be aware that each state has its own tests and score interpretation system, so
the proficiency percentages seen in ECF's charts can not be compared from state to state.
The report calculated
the proficiency percentages on the standardized Forward Exam Wisconsin requires students in elementary and middle school to take, and high schools» averaged, composite ACT scores.
Its proficiency percentage is double that of the student proficiency in PS 307 for 4 consecutive school years and higher than city average (NYSED Data).