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Florida: States Excluding Too Many Students from NAEP

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 69, Clicks: 8) View Story

Although there has been a push to make "the nation's report card"—the National Assessment of Educational Progress—better reflect the academic performance of all children in America's schools, the effort hasn't gone far enough, Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson wrote recently.

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#1 by eduK8 posted ago

+4 apples

On the most recent NAEP administration, 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, met the goal of including 95 percent of all students in the original testing sample for the reading assessment for grades 4 and 8. In math, Oklahoma was the only state to fall short of the 95 percent inclusion goal for both grades, while Maryland did so in grade 8.

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