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OERI BULLETIN - Summer 1997
Mathematics Report Card for the Nation and States
Charged with evaluating and reporting on the educational progress of students at grades 4, 8,
and 12, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently released results
from its 1996 assessment in mathematics. The report, NAEP 1996 Mathematics: Report Card
for the Nation and the States, presents national results at grades 4, 8, and 12, and
state-by-state results at grades 4 and 8. Students' mathematics performance is summarized on
the NAEP mathematics scale, which ranges from 0 to 500. Results for each grade are
reported according to three achievement levels: basic, proficient, and advanced.
Major findings for the nation, states, and regions:
- National data from the NAEP 1996 mathematics assessment show progress in the
mathematics performance by students on a broad front, compared with both the 1990 and
1992 assessments.
- State data covered 4th-graders in 47 states and jurisdictions and 8th-graders in 44 states
and jurisdictions. Many states and jurisdictions showed increases in mathematics
performance for the 1996 assessment.
- Regional results show positive trends similar to the national results for some but not all
regions. NAEP divides the United States into four regions: Northeast, Southeast, Central,
and West.
Copies of the full report, NAEP 1996 Mathematics: Report Card for the Nation and the
States, are available from the Government Printing Office for $12, stock #065-000-00984-6
(see page 11 for ordering information). The report also is available via the NCES web site at http://nces.ed.gov/.
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