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Higher percentage of AI/AN fourth-graders performing at or above Proficient

Fourth-grade achievement-level results in NAEP mathematics, by student group: 2005 and 2007

Achievement level key. The top is percent at or above Proficient. The bottom bar is percent at or above Basic.

Findings

  • From 2005 to 2007, the percentage of AI/AN fourth-graders performing at or above Proficient increased.
  • The percentages of grade 4 AI/AN students performing at or above Basic and Proficient were lower than for non-AI/AN students.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native. 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), 2005 and 2007 National Indian Education Studies.

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

Read the grade-level descriptions for each of the mathematics achievement levels.

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