The Federal Government just releases National Test Scores (National Assessment of Educational Progress) in Math and Reading!
New Hampshire students placed near the top!
New Hampshire National
4th grade Math
249 239
4th grade Reading
229 220
8th grade Math
288 280
8th grade Reading
270 261
On the 4th grade level NH was out scored by MA. In the 8th we were outscored by VT and MA.
Even though the numbers look good....There are a few problems!
- Eighth Grade reading in NH has remained stagnant since 2003.
- The NAEP assessments have also found that 4th grade girls outscore boys in Reading and the gap is bigger by 8th grade. This is a National finding. (In NH the overall scores ma be higher but the gap is consistant with the rest of the country)
- Another finding is in regards to low-income students. Low income students score significantly lower than their more well off classmates. The gap between the NH haves and have-nots was approximately 15
points. It was lower than the National Gap. The National Gap between those of lessor income was 24 points.
How do we interpret these findings? Why would New Hampshire, and the North-East in general, score higher than the National Average?
Why the consistent gap (across the Nation) between low and higher income students?....Could it be something as simple as access to Technology?
These are questions we all should concern ourselves with. The Educational System we implement and support as Citizens..... for-tells the viability of our Future!
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As for The Gender Gap?....Correct me ifI'm wrong but it seems to me that the Gender Gap existed long before the days of "National Scores"
It all comes out in the wash!
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