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NAEP Test Results Reported by USEDThe National Assessment of Educational Progress results were released last week and show real gains in Math achievement but smaller improvements in reading scores. A national sample of 350,000 students in grades four and eight take the tests. Commonly known as the Nation's Report Card, the tests are administered annually and are used to compare US academic achievement to students in other countries. On average, math scores for fourth graders improved by 27 points over the past 17 years and 19 points for eighth graders for the same time period. Students were asked to demonstrate their math skills by responding to questions that included number properties and operations, measurement, geometry, data analysis and probability, and algebra. In grade four, 80 percent of students identified a fraction modeled by a picture, 64 percent determined the probability of a specific outcome, and 43 percent could explain how to find the perimeter of a given shape. For grade eight, 71 percent could estimate time given a rate and distance, 54 percent computed the measure of an angle in a figure, and only 25 percent identified the graph of a linear equation. Both fourth and eighth graders improved in reading scores since the inception of the test in 1990, but only by four or fewer points. In grade four, a higher percentage of students performed at or above the basic and proficient achievement levels in 2007 than in previous years. Eighth graders have only improved at the basic level; there has been no significant increase in the number of students at or above proficient. Reading skills were assessed by the students' ability in the areas of literary experience, gaining information, and performing a task. Reading for literary experience includes exploring events, characters, themes, plots and what kind of language is used in the literary forms such as novels, plays, short stories or poems. Reading for information includes improving the students understanding of the world through the use of periodicals, newspapers and other materials. Applying the information that they read in maps, instructions, and bus or train schedules is the focus of reading to perform a task.
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For all the results go to http://nces.ed.gov.
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