Urban 8th Graders Make Reading Gains on NAEP
Eighth graders in large cities posted small gains in reading over the past two years, though urban 4th graders failed to show any improvement deemed statistically significant, according to national test data released today.
And while the 8th grade gains slightly outpaced the growth seen for the nation as a whole since 2007, both urban 4th and 8th graders still trail the country’s average student performance by considerable margins, based on the 2009 reading results for urban districts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The analysis also includes specific results for a batch of districts that volunteered to participate. Only two of the 11 urban school systems that have taken part in that effort since 2007—Atlanta and Los Angeles—showed reading gains for 8th graders over the past two years that were statistically meaningful. If charter schools are removed from the comparison, however, the District of Columbia school system also would have statistically meaningful gains...
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