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At both grades 4 and 8, the percentages of students performing at or above Basic and Proficient were higher in 2007 than in all previous assessment years.
Grade 4
Grade 8

Trend in fourth-grade NAEP mathematics achievement-level performance

  Key. Accommodations not permitted. Top bar percent at or above Advanced. Middle bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic. Accommodations permitted. Top bar percent at or above Advanced. Middle bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic.

 

 

Findings

  • The percentage of students at or above Basic was 32 points higher in 2007 than in 1990.
  • The percentage of students at or above Proficient was 27 points higher in 2007 than in 1990.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: View complete data with standard errors.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1990–2007 Mathematics Assessments.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

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