Peterson's staff looks at what percentage of students in
each state received passing grades on the NAEP and compared it to what percentage passed their individual state tests.
Not exact matches
If they
passed it by school
grading originally and the
state audit finds an error does the school
receive a warning or are students required to retake the test / class when necessary?
Scope: Compares the percentage of students
passing or
receiving high marks on standardized
state tests in reading, math, writing, and science in various
grade levels.
Those researchers found that students who
received a
passing grade on the
state eighth -
grade math exam, for example, had a one - in - three chance of scoring highly enough on the math Regents test in high school to be considered prepared for college math.
The bill
passed by the Senate Education Committee now requires a student to attend kindergarten in a public school before
receiving a voucher unless the public school a student would attend
received a failing
grade from the
state.
Accordingly,
states receiving Title I funds are required to assess reading / language arts and mathematics every year in
grades 3 - 8, as well as one year in the
grades 9 - 12 span (Texas currently requires students to
pass Algebra I and English I and II end - of - course exams to graduate from high school).