What do NAEP scores mean?
NAEP achievement levels are performance standards that describe what students should know and be able to do. Results are reported as percentages of students performing at or above three achievement levels (NAEP Basic, NAEP Proficient, and NAEP Advanced).
What are the reading proficiency levels?
Preface. The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012—Reading describe five major levels of proficiency: Distinguished, Superior, Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice. The description of each major level is representative of a specific range of abilities.
How many states made reading gains between 2017 and 2019 according to the NAEP?
When examining trends by states/jurisdictions, average reading scores in 2019 were lower than in 2017 in 17 states at grade 4 and in 31 states at grade 8; at each grade, one state/jurisdiction had a score increase.
What are the statistics on 4th 8th and 12th grade reading levels according to NAEP?
The results present a broad view of students’ reading knowledge, skills, and performance over time. The most recent reading assessment was given in 2019 to approximately 150,600 grade 4 students, 143,100 grade 8 students, and 26,700 grade 12 students.
Is NAEP valid?
NAEP is a general assessment of knowledge and skills in a particular subject. Equating NAEP proficiency with grade level is bogus. Indeed, the validity of the achievement levels themselves is questionable.
What are the NAEP achievement levels?
In the national conversation about education standards, NAEP has been a model for what high standards look like. The assessment’s three achievement levels—NAEP Basic, NAEP Proficient, and NAEP Advanced—are measures of what students should know and be able to do.
How do I test my reading proficiency?
The Cloze procedure is one tool that can be used to quickly measure the reading proficiency of students. In a Cloze procedure, some words in a text are omitted and replaced with blank lines. Users are asked to identify and fill-in the missing words. The goal is to identify the exact word not a synonym.
What is the average reading score?
On most formal tests a standard score of 90 to 110 is average.
What type of test is NAEP?
National Assessment of Educational Progress
A Common Measure of Student Achievement The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only assessment that measures what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects across the nation, states, and in some urban districts.
Why is third grade reading important?
Third grade has been identified as important to reading literacy because it is the final year children are learning to read, after which students are “reading to learn.” If they are not proficient readers when they begin fourth grade, as much as half of the curriculum they will be taught will be incomprehensible.
Is the NAEP given nationally?
Overview. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative, continuing evaluation of the condition of education in the United States. It has served as a national yardstick of student achievement since 1969.
What is the highest report card score?
500
The report card has a maximum score of 500 and ranks students proficiency in math, science, and reading. The national average was 240.