Author: National Center for Education Statistics (ED)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Book Description
This one-page report presents overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, scores at selected percentiles, average scores for district and large cities, results for student groups (school race, gender, and eligibility for National School Lunch Program) in 2011, and score gaps for student groups. In 2011, the average score of fourth-grade students in Austin was 245. This was higher than the average score of 233 for public school students in large cities. The average score for students in Austin in 2011 (245) was higher than their average score in 2009 (240) and in 2005 (242). In 2011, the score gap between students in Austin at the 75th percentile and students at the 25th percentile was 38 points. This performance gap was not significantly different from that of 2005 (36 points). The percentage of students in Austin who performed at or above the NAEP "Proficient" level was 46 percent in 2011. This percentage was greater than that in 2009 (38 percent) and in 2005 (40 percent). The percentage of students in Austin who performed at or above the NAEP "Basic" level was 87 percent in 2011. This percentage was not significantly different from that in 2009 (83 percent) and in 2005 (85 percent). [For the main report, "The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2011. Trial Urban District Assessment Results at Grades 4 and 8. NCES 2012-452," see ED527170.].