Michigan’s reading, math scores flat on national assessment

The shading shows states the percentages of students at or above proficiency in relation to the national average.

In eighth grade, the average USA reading score was 267 out of 500, 1 point higher than in 2015, but 7 points higher than when the reading test was first administered in 1992.

Hawaiʻi is one of only ten states to show an increase in 8th Grade reading scores in 2017, according to “The Nation’s Report Card” released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Eighth-grade reading and math scores in Miami-Dade public schools were below the national average, although at or above the average for other urban districts.

“Florida’s results show what is possible when we focus on individual students”, DeVos said.

White eighth- graders had a reading score of 266 in both 2015 and 2017.

The overall performance of Virginia eighth graders on the 2017 national mathematics and reading tests also was little changed from 2015.

RUMSEY: Gwen, the NAEP test is given to a sampling of students nationwide every two years. In North Carolina, 35 percent of eighth-graders are proficient in math and 33 percent are proficient in reading; 39 percent of fourth-graders are proficient in reading. But that’s mainly because other states’ scores dropped. In fourth- and eighth-grade reading, only 13 percent of city students are considered proficient or advanced. Nationally, eighth grade reading edged up from 35 to 36 percent proficient.

The data highlights a number of public school districts across the country, including Milwaukee Public Schools. “We are not going to see a shift in our scores unless we are addressing our lowest performing students”.

Fourth-graders in Jacksonville, for example, posted the highest math scores among participating districts even as poverty within the boundaries of the Duval County Public Schools is higher than in seven other TUDA districts.

NAEP is known as the nation’s report card and was created to track long-term trends in student achievement nationwide.

Eighth-grade math scores have remained virtually unchanged for 14 years. Among eighth-graders, the three-point drop tied with three other states for the largest nationally. The math and reading test has been given biannually since the early 1990s.

In 2011, 68 percent of North Carolina fourth-graders were judged to have shown at least basic skills, or partial mastery of grade-level reading.

Not all MPS students or Wisconsin students take the exam. The NAEP’s measurement errors are too large to allow such determinations, but at the same time it is clear that if any real progress was made in Kentucky, it was very small. Kansas used to perform well compared to the national average, but in recent years has seen that gap all but disappear. Only 19 percent of black students and 22 percent of Hispanic and low-income students hit that mark.

Math scores continue to be a concern for West Virginia students.

The state, however, has significantly closed the divide in fourth-grade reading for both Latinos and economically disadvantaged students.

The scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) highlight a persistent achievement gap between white and minority students and show just how hard it can be to boost student achievement on standardized tests. Forty-four percent of white students were proficient, compared to 20 percent of Hispanic students and 13 percent of black students. Almost 30 years later, a 25-point gap between the same group of students exists today. NCES, the federal agency that administers the tests, warns against it.

Through the national assessment, states can compare themselves with one another or to the national average.