Examining School Level Reading And Math Proficiency Trends And Changes In Achievement Gaps For Grades 3 8 In Florida Mississippi And North Carolina Rel 2017 235

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Examining School-Level Reading and Math Proficiency Trends and Changes in Achievement Gaps for Grades 3-8 in Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina. REL 2017-235

Author : Sarah Herrera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Examining School-Level Reading and Math Proficiency Trends and Changes in Achievement Gaps for Grades 3-8 in Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina. REL 2017-235 written by Sarah Herrera and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2001 authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act and its standards and accountability requirements generated interest among state education agencies in Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina, which are served by the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, in monitoring changes in student reading and math proficiency at the school level. This study was requested by governing board members representing North Carolina, members of the Improving Literacy Research Alliance (which includes representatives from Florida) and, members of the Improving Schools in Mississippi Research Alliance. All three of these states monitor and report changes in performance for schools. However, this study goes beyond reporting averages to examine school-level academic performance using a growth curve modeling approach. This approach can provide stakeholders with a deeper understanding of trends in student proficiency at the school level, by grade at the school level, and among key demographic groups to allow for more accurate policy responses. This study uses growth curve modeling to investigate trends in student reading and math proficiency on state accountability assessments for grades 3-8. Growth curve modeling makes it possible to determine if growth rates in reading and math proficiency are statistically significant and if the differences in proficiency growth rates between grades and subgroups differ in statistically significant ways. Using four to six years of publicly available school-level data between school years 2007/08 and 2013/14 from each state department of education, this study assessed trends in three areas. First, it estimated trends in average school-level student growth rates in reading and math proficiency on the statewide assessment and examined whether these growth rates varied across grades 3 through 8. Second, it calculated average school-level student growth rates in reading and math proficiency for racial/ethnic subgroups and economic subgroups (eligibility for the federal school lunch program, a proxy for economic disadvantage) in grades 3-8. Third, it examined whether there were any statistically significant decreases in achievement gaps by grade between White and Black students, between White and Hispanic students, and between economic subgroups. This information was then used to estimate reading and math proficiency gaps that remained at the end of the period studied. In general, average school-level student academic proficiency rates increased for most subgroups across grades and subjects in all three states. In addition, reading and math achievement gaps decreased for most subgroups; however, achievement gaps remained large despite the decreases. More findings include: (1) The school-level percentage of students who scored proficient in reading and math increased in all three states--Florida, Mississippi, and North Carolina--over the period studied; (2) School-level growth rates in student reading and math proficiency differed by grade level in each state, though most grades showed a statistically significant increase over the period examined; (3) School-level growth rates in student reading and math proficiency differed across racial/ethnic subgroups, though most subgroups showed a statistically significant increase; (4) The reading and math proficiency achievement gaps between White and Black students and White and Hispanic students decreased in most grades in all three states; however, the gaps still exceeded 10 percentage points; (5) Average school-level proficiency rates in reading and math differed by grade between economic subgroups in Florida and Mississippi, with most grade-economic subgroup combinations showing a significant increase. These data were not available for North Carolina; and (6) The achievement gap in reading and math proficiency between economic subgroups decreased in all grades in Florida and Mississippi; however, the gaps still exceed 13 percentage points. Details on the analyses are appended.

Achievement Gaps

Author : Taslima Rahman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437988385
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Achievement Gaps written by Taslima Rahman and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8

Author : Charles T. Clotfelter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8 written by Charles T. Clotfelter and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data for North Carolina public school students in grades 3 to 8, we examine achievement gaps between white students and students from other racial and ethnic groups. We focus on successive cohorts of students who stay in the state's public schools for all six years, and study both differences in means and in quantiles. Our results on achievement gaps between black and white students are consistent with those from other longitudinal studies: the gaps are sizable, are robust to controls for measures of socioeconomic status, and show no monotonic trend between 3rd and 8th grade. In contrast, both Hispanic and Asian students tend to gain on whites as they progress through these grades. Looking beyond simple mean differences, we find that the racial gaps in math between low-performing students have tended to shrink as students progress through school, while racial gaps between high-performing students have widened for black and American Indian students.

Examining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992

Author : Mark Berends
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833040669
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Examining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992 by : Mark Berends

Download or read book Examining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992 written by Mark Berends and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2005-04-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines trends in the mathematics scores of different racial-ethnic groups over time and analyzes how changes in family, school, and schooling measures help explain changes in the test score gaps. Although there were few positive changes between schools, the within-school experiences of black and Latino students changed for the better compared with white students when measured by student self-reported academic track placement.

Raising Achievement and Reducing Gaps

Author : Paul E. Barton
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428965327
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Raising Achievement and Reducing Gaps written by Paul E. Barton and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Achievement Gaps

Author : Alan Vanneman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Achievement Gaps written by Alan Vanneman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematics and reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have increased among students attending elementary and secondary schools since the first time the assessment was administered. These score increases have been observed both for Black and White students; statistically significant score differences between the two racial/ethnic groups have also been observed. This statistical analysis report, "Achievement Gaps: How Black and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress," examines achievement gaps between Black and White public-school students at both the national and state levels. The report uses data from two assessment programs--main NAEP and Long-Term Trend (LTT) NAEP. While both programs assess reading and mathematics, they are different in three major respects: (1) main NAEP assesses performance of students in 4th- and 8th-grades, while LTT NAEP assesses performance of students ages 9 and 13; (2) main NAEP reports results for both the national and state levels, while LTT NAEP reports results for the national level only; (3) main NAEP was first administered in the 1990s, while LTT NAEP was first administered in the 1970s. The report uses results from all assessment years including the 2007 main NAEP and the 2004 LTT NAEP. All results are for public school students. The percentages of Black and White students in individual states vary by state. Some states' trends could not be reported because there were not enough Black or White students in the sample to have reportable results. This report is organized as follows. Following an introduction, the remainder of this report presents first mathematics and then reading results. In each section, long-term trend results are presented first, giving national results only for public school students ages 9 and 13. These are followed by both national and state results for public school fourth- and eighth-graders from main NAEP. National data from main NAEP are also presented by (1) gender; and (2) eligibility categories for the National School Lunch Program. The last section consists of two appendixes that contain relevant technical notes and supplemental tables. (Contains 12 footnotes, 11 tables, and 24 figures.) [This report was prepared under a project of the NAEP Education Statistics Services Institute (NAEP-ESSI) of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in support of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). For the report highlights, see ED505902.].

Tracking Achievement Gaps and Assessing the Impact of NCLB on the Gaps

Author : Jaekyung Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (71 download)

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Evaluation of the Achievement Levels for Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309438209
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Evaluation of the Achievement Levels for Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Download or read book Evaluation of the Achievement Levels for Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on academic performance and progress of the nation's students. The assessment is given periodically in a variety of subjects: mathematics, reading, writing, science, the arts, civics, economics, geography, U.S. history, and technology and engineering literacy. NAEP is given to representative samples of students across the U.S. to assess the educational progress of the nation as a whole. Since 1992, NAEP results have been reported in relation to three achievement levels: basic, proficient, and advanced. However, the use of achievement levels has provoked controversy and disagreement, and evaluators have identified numerous concerns. This publication evaluates the NAEP student achievement levels in reading and mathematics in grades 4, 8, and 12 to determine whether the achievement levels are reasonable, reliable, valid, and informative to the public, and recommends ways that the setting and use of achievement levels can be improved.

Accelerating Academic Achievement

Author : Ina V. S. Mullis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Accelerating Academic Achievement written by Ina V. S. Mullis and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data from 20 years (1970-90) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are summarized. The NAEP represents the nation's only ongoing assessment of the academic achievement of American students. Its assessments of educational achievement of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 are presented as "The Nation's Report Card". Chapter 1 of this report contains information about the students' competency in subject matter across the curriculum and their ability to use their minds well. Chapters 2 and 3 include information about the trends across time related to the performance of elementary school, middle school, and secondary school students in higher-order reasoning, problem solving, and communication skills as well as information about the academic achievement of minority students. Chapter 4 summarizes information about background variables related to education. In general, the data indicate that the educational performance of U.S. students is low and not improving. It is estimated that more than half of the nation's elementary through high school students are unable to demonstrate competency in challenging subject matter in English, mathematics, science, history, and geography. Fewer than half of all U.S. students appear to be able to use their minds well. Although considerable progress has been made in closing the performance gaps among different racial/ethnic and gender groups, the gaps still remain too large to meet the nation's objective of close parallels between the performance of minority students and the student population as a whole. Much that research has identified as effective in improving education is still not being implemented in the nation's schools. Nineteen tables and five figures summarize NAEP data. (SLD)

Closing the Achievement Gap for Economically Disadvantaged Students?

Author : Rolf K. Blank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Closing the Achievement Gap for Economically Disadvantaged Students? written by Rolf K. Blank and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical state-level indicator of progress in public education is student achievement annual performance and change over time. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has been very active in tracking and reporting on student achievement results and using state assessment scores and other data to analyze achievement trends. A central goal of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act was to close the gap in student achievement between students from different social and economic backgrounds. A principal objective of the federal funding mandated under NCLB, the design for program initiatives, and the accountability provisions of the federal law was to reduce the extent of disparity in performance of students from different demographic groups within schools as well as differences in the demonstrated performance of schools, districts, and states. The present report uses two different measures of student achievement--state student assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--to determine the degree to which achievement gaps have been reduced in the period of implementation of NCLB in states. Three key questions are addressed by this analysis: (1) Has student achievement on state-administered annual assessments in math and language arts improved significantly since NCLB implementation and particularly for students from economically disadvantaged families?; (2) Has the achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students closed since NCLB implementation?; and (3) Are state trends in student achievement on state assessments confirmed by achievement trends on the NAEP math and reading assessments? State education agencies have responsibility under state and federal laws for reporting on the educational progress of schools, and the annual "school report card" is a common method by which states or school districts organize and report selected comparable school statistics on the status and progress of education. Currently, education indicators are centered around measures of education outcomes and particularly student achievement on standardized assessments. With increasing use of integrated data systems by states and districts, student achievement growth can be tracked for multiple years and many states are now using growth models for school accountability. The analyses of achievement trends presented in this paper use achievement scores aggregated at the state level to analyze grade cohort change over time for specific target student groups. An appendix presents tables showing trends for NAEP Proficient level in reading and math. (Contains 8 tables and 4 figures.).

Trends in Academic Achievement Gaps in the Era of No Child Left Behind

Author : Sean F. Reardon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
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Download or read book Trends in Academic Achievement Gaps in the Era of No Child Left Behind written by Sean F. Reardon and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors' goals in this study are to use both the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and state accountability test score data to (1) provide a detailed description of the magnitude and trends of state-level academic achievement gaps among cohorts of students entering school in the 1990s and 2000s; (2) investigate the extent to which patterns and trends in gaps vary among states; and (3) provide preliminary evidence regarding the impact of NCLB (No Child Left Behind) on achievement gaps. The authors use Main NAEP test score data from 4th- and 8th-graders in 1990-2009. They also use state-level categorical proficiency count data for students in grades 3-8 in 2001-2010, collected with the help of state department of education officials, as well as the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education. The authors are primarily interested in white-black and white-Hispanic gaps, though they also report female-male achievement gaps. The authors' findings to date indicate, first, that black-white and Hispanic-white achievement gaps have narrowed in the last decade or more. Male-female gaps appear largely unchanged over the same time period. Second, there is considerable variation across states in both the magnitude and trends in achievement gaps. Third, the patterns evident so far do not suggest a strong effect of NCLB on achievement gaps, though these analyses are not yet complete. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.).

Digest of Education Statistics

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Digest of Education Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.

Achievement Gaps

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Achievement Gaps written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difference between the academic performance of poor students and wealthier students and between minority students and their non-minority peers is commonly known as the achievement gap. The current study examines the achievement gap using a large sample of students from a wide variety of school districts across the United States. It examines the achievement gap by measuring student achievement and student growth along a continuous, cross-grade measurement scale. Examination of results in mathematics and reading in grades three through eight found these differences in achievement and growth among the students studied.

Bridging the Achievement Gap

Author : John E. Chubb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815714026
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Bridging the Achievement Gap written by John E. Chubb and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymakers since it was first documented in 1966. The average black or Hispanic secondary school student currently achieves at about the same level as the average white student in the lowest quartile of white achievement. Black and Hispanic students are much less likely than white students to graduate from high school, acquire a college or advanced degree, or earn a middle-class living. They are also much more likely than whites to suffer social problems that often accompany low income. While educators have gained an understanding of the causes and effects of the education achievement gap, they have been less successful in finding ways to eliminate it—until now. This book provides, for the first time in one place, evidence that the achievement gap can be bridged. A variety of schools and school reforms are boosting the achievement of black and Hispanic students to levels nearing those of whites. Bridging the Achievement Gap brings together the findings of renowned education scholars who show how various states, school districts, and individual schools have lifted the achievement levels of poor and minority students. The most promising strategies include focusing on core academic skills, reducing class size, enrolling students in more challenging courses, administering annual achievement assessment tests, creating schools with a culture of competition and success, and offering vouchers in big-city school districts. While implementing new educational programs on a large scale is fraught with difficulties, these successful reform efforts offer what could be the start of widespread effective solutions for bridging the achievement gap.

Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Achievement for Low-Income Students and Students of Color. Shattering Expectations Series

Author : Marni Bromberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Achievement for Low-Income Students and Students of Color. Shattering Expectations Series written by Marni Bromberg and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typically, achievement gaps between groups of students are measured as either differences in average scores or differences in proficiency rates. But, practitioners, policymakers, and researchers have long recognized that these approaches don't tell the whole story. Average scores, for example, are good at summarizing trends but can mask real differences in the range of student performance. Proficiency rates, on the other hand, measure the percentage of students that exceed a predetermined standard of performance, but don't convey much about students above or below that standard. In this report, the authors dig underneath the averages and proficiency rate data to take a deeper look at where the nation currently stands. NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) results allow them to examine national trends in student achievement, providing consistent assessment data biannually and across states. NAEP is an ideal measure for their analyses because the proficiency standards are higher than most state standards, making analysis of advanced performance a true indicator of exemplary achievement. Also, unlike state assessments, NAEP is not tied to state accountability systems, providing little incentive to manipulate scores. For this paper, the authors examine national, public school trends from 2003-2011 in fourth and eighth grades in reading and math. Twelfth-grade results run on a different assessment cycle and are presented here separately. They analyze achievement patterns for low-income and higher income students, using free and reduced-price lunch as a proxy for family income, as well as for students of color and white students. They spotlight achievement gaps in: 1) the percent of students in the below basic and advanced performance categories; and 2) the achievement of the top and bottom 10 percent of students in each racial/ethnic and income group. They also examine trends separately for low-income black, Hispanic, and white students versus higher income black, Hispanic, and white students. They describe results that are statistically significant. Some data, on the surface, may seem different or denote progress, but they rely on significance tests to determine if the changes are truly different. The charts included in the body of the report utilize fourth-grade math as the primary example across analyses. Other tables are included to summarize results, and examples of other grades and subjects are included to demonstrate patterns. Appended are: (1) NAEP indicators that measure low and high-end achievement; and (2) Data Summary. (Contains 10 figures and 19 notes.

Trends in the Black-white Achievement Gap

Author : Lindsay C. Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trends in the Black-white Achievement Gap written by Lindsay C. Page and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We decompose black-white achievement gap trends between 1971 and 2004 into trends in within- and between-school differences. We show that the previous finding that narrowing within-school inequality explains most of the decline in the black-white achievement gap between 1971 and 1988 is sensitive to methodology. Employing a more detailed partition of achievement differences, we estimate that 40 percent of the narrowing of the gap through the 1970s and 1980s is attributable to the narrowing of within-school differences between black and white students. Further, the consequences for achievement of attending a high minority school became increasingly deleterious between 1971 and 1999.

Comparing Achievement Trends in Reading and Math Across Arizona Public School Student Subgroups. REL Technical Brief. REL 2012-No. 019

Author : Eric W. Crane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
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Book Synopsis Comparing Achievement Trends in Reading and Math Across Arizona Public School Student Subgroups. REL Technical Brief. REL 2012-No. 019 by : Eric W. Crane

Download or read book Comparing Achievement Trends in Reading and Math Across Arizona Public School Student Subgroups. REL Technical Brief. REL 2012-No. 019 written by Eric W. Crane and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This technical brief examines the 2008/09 reading and math proficiency levels among subgroups of Arizona public school students defined by students' race/ethnicity (American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White), English language learner status (English language learner students and non-English language learner students), disability status (students with and students without disabilities), and economic status (students receiving and those not receiving free or reduced-price meals). Responding to an Arizona Department of Education request, the brief describes how student subgroup performance differs by school level (elementary, middle, and high) and school type (Title I Schools in Improvement [schools serving economically disadvantaged students and participating in the federal school improvement program intended to improve academic performance in schools not making adequate yearly progress for at least two consecutive years], Title I Schools Not in Improvement, and non-Title I schools). The same analyses were conducted for charter schools. Key findings include: (1) Across all school levels and school types, reading proficiency ranged from 26 percent for English language learner students to 84 percent for Asian students, White students, and students not receiving free or reduced-price meals. Overall and in 10 of 11 student sub-groups, elementary, middle, and high school proficiency rates were within 6 percentage points of one another. However, the margin was wider (13 percentage points) for English language learner students, ranging from 16 percent in high schools and 17 percent in middle schools to 29 percent in elementary schools; (2) Across all levels of charter schools, reading proficiency ranged from 31 percent for English language learner students to 89 percent for Asian students. Reading proficiency rates declined overall and in 7 of 11 student subgroups from elementary to middle to high school; (3) Across all school levels and school types, math proficiency ranged from 34 percent for English language learner students to 86 percent for Asian students. Overall and in 10 of 11 student subgroups, elementary, middle, and high school proficiency rates were within 10 percentage points of one another. However, the margin was wider (16 percentage points) for English language learner students, ranging from 22 percent in high schools and 25 percent in middle schools to 38 percent in elementary schools; (4) Across all levels of charter schools, math proficiency ranged from 35 percent for English language learner students to 86 percent for Asian students. Math proficiency rates declined from elementary to middle to high school overall and in all but one student sub-group (English language learner students); (5) In both reading and math, Asian students (84 percent in reading and 86 percent in math) and White students (84 percent in reading and 82 percent in math) scored proficient at higher rates than did the overall student body (72 percent in reading and 71 percent in math). Among the three racial/ethnic subgroups with proficiency rates below the overall rate, American Indian students scored consistently lower (53 percent in reading and 51 percent in math) than Black students (65 percent in reading and 60 percent in math) and Hispanic students (62 percent in reading and 62 percent in math); and (6) In both reading and math, in all but one subgroup, students in non-Title I schools had higher proficiency rates than did students in both Title I Schools Not in Improvement and Title I Schools in Improvement. However, English language learner students in Title I Schools Not in Improvement had proficiency rates (30 percent in reading and 38 percent in math) 4 percentage points higher than English language learner students in non-Title I schools (26 percent in reading and 34 percent in math). Appended are: (1) Summary of Arizona's accountability system (excerpted from Crane et al. 2008); (2) Data and methodology; and (3) Data for alternative, K-12, and other schools. (Contains 13 tables and 3 notes.).