The Nation's Report Card: by NAEP

Results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 twelfth-grade reading and mathematics assessments and the 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS) were just released.

The twelfth-grade reading and mathematics report provides national results on the performance of America's high school seniors on NAEP.

The Nation's Report Card: America's High School Graduates presents information about the types of courses 2005 high school graduates completed, how many credits they earned, and the grades they received. Information on the relationships between high school academic records and performance on the NAEP mathematics and science assessments is also included.

Both reports examine results for student groups including race/ethnicity and gender.

Reading findings include:
* Decline in scores and the percentages of students at or above Proficient and at or above Basic compared with 1992. There have been no significant changes at these levels since 2002.
* No significant change in the White-Black or White-Hispanic gap compared with previous years.

Mathematics findings include:
* Sixty-one percent performed at or above Basic, and 23 percent were at or above Proficient.
* NOTE: Due to changes to the framework for 2005, results can't be compared to previous years.

High School Transcript Study findings include:
* Graduates in 2005 completed more rigorous curricula than previous graduates.
* The overall grade point average (GPA) has been climbing since 1990 and was 2.98 in 2005.
* Graduates with stronger academic records obtain higher NAEP scores.

Full results are available at:
http://nationsreportcard.gov

Including 2005 twelfth-grade science results released earlier, at:
http://nationsreportcard.gov/science_2005/

To download, view and print the publications as PDF files, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007467
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007468


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