How Did Washington State Students Do on NAEP?
From OSPI:
How many states scored statistically higher than Washington?
GRADE 4
Reading: 3 states
Math: 3 states and the Department of Defense Schools
GRADE 8
Reading: 5 states and the Department of Defense Schools
Math: 5 states and the Department of Defense Schools
“I’m pleased with our state’s performance,” State Superintendent Randy Dorn said. “Although our 8th-grade scores are not as high as they were last time, our state’s overall trend has been continually upward since the beginning of NAEP testing. I’m proud of the progress we’ve made.”
How many states scored statistically higher than Washington?
GRADE 4
Reading: 3 states
Math: 3 states and the Department of Defense Schools
GRADE 8
Reading: 5 states and the Department of Defense Schools
Math: 5 states and the Department of Defense Schools
“I’m pleased with our state’s performance,” State Superintendent Randy Dorn said. “Although our 8th-grade scores are not as high as they were last time, our state’s overall trend has been continually upward since the beginning of NAEP testing. I’m proud of the progress we’ve made.”
Comments
NoCharters
http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/NAEP/pubdocs/snapshot_MAT2015WA_4.pdf
Washington is worse than 3 states/jurisdictions, better than 29, and the same as 19.
But fewer than half the students were proficient or above.
In 8th grade math even fewer students are proficient or above.
http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/NAEP/pubdocs/snapshot_MAT2015WA_8.pdf
Does that mean the longer you go to school in Washington, the more your learning slows down?
LisaG
In 2013 I believe that WA ranked #7 on NAEP
when corrected for demographics WA ranking dropped to #13
The demographic analysis was done by the Urban Institute and I do not believe their report for NAEP 2015 is out yet.
Most WA teachers work hard and are concerned about students.
Many WA parents provide great learning support for their children as do Sylvan, Mathnasium, Kumon, etc.
It is always interesting to dig into NAEP at the subgroup level and see the scores for different ethnic and economic groups in WA State. I have not done that yet this year.
Jay Greene posted Reading Gains by low-income students from 2003 to 2015
HERE
Some states that started really low in 2003 made big gains
top 5 in gains were WA DC and 4 southern states.
WA DC +18 FL +15 Alabama +15 Louisiana +14 Georgia +14
WA state was near the bottom with a score of +2.
Only 9 states showed lower gain.
-- Dan Dempsey
Looking at ranking of states WA is definitely worse.
Here is a link to the Urban Institute's NAEP 2015 demographic adjustment.
eyeballing NAEP 2015 WA is about 10th.
After demographic adjustment of all states
WA ranks 20th.
NAEP 2013 WA was ranked 7th
After demographic adjustment of all states
WA ranked 13th.
Massachusetts is still ranked #1 before and after adjustment.
After demographic adjustment Arizona now ranks above WA.
The after adjustment score rankings for (2013) and 2015 are below
(13) - 20 -Washington State
(30) - 24 -Common Core heavy Kentucky is 24th
(17) - 17 -Common Core heavy New York is 17th
Remember this is a comparative ranking and nearly every state did worse in 2015 than in 2013... Thus although NY appears to be the same ranked at 17th, NY NAEP performance went down from 2013 to 2015.
-- Dan Dempsey
NAEP average scores:
(246) 245 Washington Math grade 4 (2013) 2015
(241) 240 Nation Math grade 4
(290) 287 Washington Math grade 8 (2013) 2015
(284) 281 Nation Math grade 8
(225) 226 Washington Reading grade 4 (2013) 2015
(221) 221 Nation Reading grade 4
(272) 267 Washington Reading grade 8 (2013) 2015
(266) 264 Nation Reading grade 8
WA had a statistically significant drop in
grade 8 math (-3)
grade 8 reading (-5)
How will this be spun?
-- Dan Dempsey
SW Mom
Don't many of those states which we do better than have a much higher percent of private (not tested) students? I don't feel too comfortable with these numbers.
-Do it
Which numbers are you uncomfortable with?
How do you see these as impacted by not tested students?
-- Dan Dempsey
It's much like those states that claim such high scores on the SAT, only to discover that the majority of the test-takers are white and wealthy, whereas in other states where SAT scores have gone down it is most likely due to more students of all races and income levels taking the test.
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