National Assessment of Educational Progress

inclined to resolve such a pressing issue, but the incentives and consequences placed on educational institutions based on standardized testing results grossly divert the educational focus and ultimately sends students off to universities unprepared. People who graduated from an American school are painfully aware of how much emphasis is placed on high stakes testing. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a system of standardized tests put in place by the U.S. Department of Education

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) measures the progress of 4th and 8th graders educational achievement in mathematics and reading every two years. In 2013, almost two-thirds of 4th graders read below or at the basic level which indicated students failed to master the basic reading skills that are fundamental for proficient work at each grade level. (National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP], 2013). Reading plays an important role in a child’s development: socially, academically

National Assessment of Educational Progress supports that kids who tested in the 8th and 12th grades in 2008, students scored high on the writing portion, but low in mathematics (Wilcox, Monroe 2017). Fortunately, many teachers are integrating math into multiple disciplines such as writing and literacy, technology, science, social sciences and concrete or real-life examples, and music. Teachers are asked to blend mathematics into writing so students can think, write and discuss their thinking to

INTRODUCTION Background The National Assessment for Educational Progress (2015) reported that there is an academic achievement gap between black and white students. The academic achievement gap refers to the statistical difference between the scores of students with different backgrounds such as: race/ethnicity, gender disability and income. The long-term result of the achievement gap is there is a gap in high school and college completion and job placement. Strategies to close the academic achievement

In 2013 the National Assessment of Educational Progress, reported their average reading scores across the United States of America. The average score of white students was 47% at or above the proficient passing level. In comparison, Hispanics scored an average of 23%, and blacks scored an average of 16% in reading at or above a proficient level. In mathematics, white students scored an average of 33%, following them would be the Hispanic students with a score of 12% and blacks with a 7% average.

“The National Assessment of Educational Progress reveals that 37 percent of U.S. fourth graders fail to achieve basic levels of reading achievement” (Lonigan & Shanahan, 2008, p. 13). Studies have indicated that the literacy skills of young children are indicators of their literacy learning in later grades (Lonigan & Shanahan, 2008, p. 13). In order to be successful when teaching students how to read, there are five reading components that needs to be addressed in a classroom. These five reading

NAEP stands for National Assessment of Educational Progress. “The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subject areas” (NAEP- Overview, 2017). The tested subject areas are: science, mathematics, history, geography, economics, the arts, and reading. “NAEP is the only test that can give a true representation of education in our country, because it is the only test that

When national, state, and local dropout and graduation rates are published, it is difficult to deny that U.S. middle and high school students are in need of special literacy and/or mathematics supports to reverse the current trends. In 2003, a commission established by the National Assessment Governing Board (Governing Board) to review and make suggestions about indicators of academic preparedness for postsecondary education and training recommended the use of the grade 12 National Assessment of Educational

student’s academic success. Without the skills of language, reading, and writing, children will have limited academic, economic, social, and emotional success in school and later in life (Maddox & Fung, 2013, p.3). According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 33% of U.S. students in elementary schools read below the basic reading level (NAEP, 2009). During this time, the Common Core initiative was in works to ensure that all students across America were graduating high school ready for

essential tool to compete in today’s global marketplace. Yet numerous study results show a continual decline in students’ reading performance. The 2007 reading study by the National Endowment for the Arts noted that “reading has slipped to a mere eight minutes per day for 18-24-year-olds” (To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence, p. 10). A