Levels of Mathematics Achievement: Initial Performance Standards for the 1990NAEP Mathematics Assessment. Volume 1. National and State Summaries

摘要

The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) has established new standards forreporting the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The effort, part of the Board's congressionally mandated responsibilities, resulted in three achievement levels: basic, proficient, and advanced. Results, presented for the first time in the report, indicate that just over 60 percent of the students in Grades 4, 8, and 12 are performing at or above the basic level on the 1990 NAEP Mathematics Assessment. Less than 20 percent of the students in these three grades reach the proficient level or beyond. The percentage of students at or above the advanced level ranges from 0.6 percent in Grade 4 to 2.6 percent in Grade 12. Over one-third of the tudents assessed did not reach the lowest level adopted by the Board. There are variations in NAEP mathematics performance by gender, race/ethnicity, type of community, parental education, and (for Grade 12 students) number of mathematics courses taken. Generally, similar patterns are found for the nation as a whole and for participating states from the Trial State Assessment.