CALIFORNIA NAEP SCORES

California Contact Information Testing Director: Deborah Sigman NAEP Coordinator: Marsha Devine CA State Dept. of Education Student, School/District Characteristics for Public Schools Student Characteristics Number enrolled: 6,437,202 Percent in Title I schools: 58.0% With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): 10.7% Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: 24.9% Percent eligible for free/reduced lunch: 48.5% Racial/Ethnic Background White: 31.0%1 Black: 8.0%1 Hispanic: 48.5%1 Asian/Pacific Islander: 11.7% American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.8%1 School/District Characteristics Number of school districts: 987* Number of schools: 9,863 Number of charter schools: 543 Per-pupil expenditures: $7,9381 Pupil/teacher ratio: 20.8 Number of FTE teachers: 309,128 '--' : data unavailable * Local school districts only (type 1, 2) Source: Common Core of Data, 2005-2006 school year (non-adjudicated) 1 Common Core of Data, 2004-2005 school year History of NAEP Participation and Performance Scale Score Achievement Level State [Nat. Percent at or Above Subject Grade Year Avg. Avg.]* Basic Proficient Advanced Graphics Mathematics (scale: 0-500) 4 1992n 208 [219] 46 12 1 Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient 1996n 209 [222] 46 11 1 2000 213 [224] 50 13 1 2003 227 [234] 67 25 3 2005 230 [237] 71 28 4 2007 230 [239] 70 30 4 8 1990n 256 [262] 45 12 2 1992n 261 [267] 50 16 2 1996n 263 [271] 51 17 3 2000 260 [272] 50 17 2 2003 267 [276] 56 22 4 2005 269 [278] 57 22 5 2007 270 [280] 59 24 5 Reading (scale: 0-500) 4 1992n 202 [215] 48 19 4 Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient 1994n 197 [212] 44 18 3 1998 202 [213] 48 20 4 2002 206 [217] 50 21 4 2003 206 [216] 50 21 5 2005 207 [217] 50 21 5 2007 209 [220] 53 23 5 8 1998 252 [261] 63 21 1 2002 250 [263] 61 20 1 2003 251 [261] 61 22 2 2005 250 [260] 60 21 2 2007 251 [261] 62 21 2 Science (scale: 0-300) 4 2000 129 [145] 45 13 1 Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient 2005 137 [149] 50 17 1 8 1996n 138 [148] 47 20 1 2000 129 [148] 38 14 1 2005 136 [147] 44 18 2 Writing (scale: 0-300) 4 2002 146 [153] 80 23 2 Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient 8 1998 141 [148] 76 20 1 2002 144 [152] 78 23 1 * Includes public schools only n Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment Related Material State Report Cards: Mathematics: Grade 4 (691K PDF), Mathematics: Grade 8 (703K PDF) Reading: Grade 4 (695K PDF), Reading: Grade 8 (674K PDF) Science: Grade 4 (219K PDF), Science: Grade 8 (223K PDF) Writing: Grade 4 (128K PDF), Writing: Grade 8 (134K PDF) Trial Urban District Assessment Snapshot Reports: Mathematics, Reading

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