ERIC Number: ED523133
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug-9
Pages: 1
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State Test Score Trends through 2008-09, Part 4: Is Achievement Improving and Are Gaps Narrowing for Title I Students? Rhode Island
Center on Education Policy
This paper profiles Rhode Island's test score trends through 2008-09. In 2006, the mean scale score on the state 4th grade reading test was 445 for non-Title I students and 435 for Title I students. In 2009, the mean scale score in 4th grade reading was 448 for non-Title I students and 440 for Title I students. Between 2006 and 2009, the mean scale score improved at an average yearly rate of 1.0 points for non-Title I students and improved at an average yearly rate of 1.7 points for Title I students, indicating a narrowing of the achievement gap for Title I students at grade 4. In 2006, 72% of non-Title I 4th graders and 35% of Title I 4th graders scored at the proficient level on the state reading test. In 2009, 78% of non-Title I 4th graders and 52% of Title I 4th graders scored at the proficient level in reading. Between 2006 and 2009, the percentage proficient improved at an average rate of 2.0 percentage points per year for non-Title I students and 5.7 percentage points per year for Title I students, indicating a narrowing of the achievement gap for Title I students at grade 4. [For the main report, "State Test Score Trends through 2008-09, Part 4: Is Achievement Improving and Are Gaps Narrowing for Title I Students?," see ED522866.]
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Achievement Rating, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Trends, Educational Legislation, Elementary School Students, Educationally Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators, Federal Legislation, Grade 4, Grade 8, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Minority Group Children, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Scores, Secondary School Students, State Government, Statistical Data, Test Results, Time Perspective, Trend Analysis
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Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 4; Grade 8; High Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Center on Education Policy
Identifiers - Location: Rhode Island
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
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