Re: State vs. NAEP proficiency

[arthurhu@attbi.com]

Texas is widely held as proof that it is perfectly realistic to expect over
90% of students to exceed "high standards".

> As you might recall, I predicted about a year ago that while NCLB gives states 
> the right to define "proficient," that eventually the NAEP definition would come 
> to be the only one.
> 
> Bob Linn indicated as much in his AERA presidential speech a couple of weeks 
> ago.
> 
> The Princeton Review's ranking of state testing programs is mostly hokum, but 
> Appendix IV is a discussion of "The question of proficiency" and a graph show by 
> what percent the proportion of kids proficient on the state test exceeds the 
> proportion on NAEP.
> 
> Texas wins in a walk, 67% with Alabama a distant second at 56%.  That is 91% of 
> kids scored proficient on TX test compared to 24% on NAEP. Four states, AZ, LA, 
> MO and ME have lower percentages on the state test than on NAEP.  The graph is 
> only for 8th grade math.
> 
> It's worth a look.  Bob Schaefer gave a URL but here it is again: 
> www.princetonreview.com/statestudy.
> 
> JB
>