Sentences with phrase «proficient standard for maths»

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But in mathematics, PARCC set a higher standard for college - ready performance than MCAS» «proficient» standard — and meeting the PARCC standard provided a better indication of whether a student was prepared to earn a «C» grade in a college math course.

In 2011, for example, Alabama reported that 77 percent of its 8th grade students were proficient in math, while the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests administered that same year indicated that just 20 percent of Alabama's 8th graders were proficient against NAEP standards.

Tennessee also had the lowest standards on both 2009's fourth and eighth grade math exams, while Massachusetts led the pack with standards above NAEP's standard for «proficient.»

This comes as an increasing number of the state's higher performing districts are falling victim to NCLB's almost unreachable student performance standards - including the 2014 deadline for all students to be proficient in reading and math.

In Massachusetts, for instance, where educators have sharply raised math scores in recent years by carefully reworking standards and instruction, 57 percent of fourth graders scored at or above proficient on the latest test.

There is a considerable need for reporting to outside stakeholders, especially when working under a race to increase math proficiency in ELL specifically, moving from 13 percent of Grades 3 — 5 at standard to 50 percent proficient.