NAEP 2009
report: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2009/2010451.pdf
NAEP Results for 2009
Grade 8
National Center for education statistics Institute for Education Sciences
Snapshot State Report
Washington State at or above
pct avg scorbasic prof advancedrate
male 51 290 79 41 12 1.00
female 49 288 77 38 10 -1.20
Girls 20% less likely to be advanced
white 68 295 85 46 12 1.00
black 5 269 60 16 4 -3.00
hispanic 15 264 53 13 2 -6.00
asian 8 302 85 53 22 1.83
amind/AN 3 269 58 23 8 -1.50
lunch 37 271 62 20 3 -4.00
no lunch 63 299 88 51 15 1.25
More boys advanced or basic (low)
Asians highest score, 22% advanced vs 12 for white, nearly 2X higher rate
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/stt2009/2010454CA8.pdf
California at or above
pct avg scorbasic prof advancedrate
male 51 272 61 26 6 1.00
female 49 268 58 21 4 -1.50
Girls 1.5x less likely to be advanced
white 28 289 39 39 10 1.00
black 6 250 10 10 1 -10.00
hispanic 51 256 11 11 1 -10.00
asian 13 294 46 46 13 1.30
amind/AN 1
lunch 53 47 12 12 1 -10.00
no lunch 45 74 37 37 10 1.00
California score of 270 was lower than 282 for national average
Minority or lunch program 10x less advanced
Asians 30% more likely to be advanced.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/stt2009/2010454CA8.pdf
US at or above
pct avg scorbasic prof advancedrate
male 283 72 34 8 1.00
female 281 71 31 7 -1.14
Girls 1.5x less likely to be advanced
white 58 292 82 43 10 1.00
black 15 260 49 12 1 -10.00 ** Black down by 10
hispanic 20 266 56 17 2 -5.00
asian 5 300 84 53 20 2.00 ** Asian 2X
amind/AN 1 267 57 20 3 -3.33
lunch 40 266 57 17 2 -5.00
no lunch 54 293 83 45 12 1.20
Asians 2X advanced vs white
Black -10X, Hispanic -5X, NativeAm -3X vs whites
Lunch -5x vs whites
Tables A-18 to A-22
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/915939.html
Math tests: Wash. eighth-graders improve
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP; Associated Press Writer
Published: 10/14/09
"The achievement gap is still there," said state schools
Superintendent Randy Dorn. For example, while the average score of
white eighth-graders was 295 out of 500, the average for black
eighth-graders was 269, Hispanic students averaged 264 and American
Indian and Alaska Native students averaged 269."
Comment - as usual the Asians are left out of the newspaper article. WA state report shows that Asian score of 302 was highest of all racial groups, and 22 percent score advanced vs 12 for whites and 4 for black. However, the gap is far better than it is nationally, where only 1% of blacks score in the advanced, the figure for WA is 4 times higher, while the 20% of Asians in WA is about the same as nationally. Nationally, Asians are the highest scoring group at 300 vs 292. The actual report mentions "The average score for Asian/Pacific Islander students was also 8 points higher than the score for White students" But this small score average difference is not as important as how many students reach the highest elite level. With 20% advanced for Asians vs 10 for whites but only 1 for blacks, that means that if you assembled a class based only test scores, you'd have twice as many Asians but only 1/10th as many blacks as their population, which has important affirmative action implications for selective colleges who hope to set high standards and also achieve "diversity".
In California, although state whites score near the national average, or score advanced, it is worse for most minorities. The state average is worse than the national average. Both blacks and hispanics are only 1/10th as likely to score advanced as whites, and just 13 percent of Asians are advanced vs 20 national.
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