The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a program of the Federal Department of Education, released the results of its 2009 national mathematics assessment this week. Results, when compared to the last test in 2007, show that gains have flattened out for 4th graders, with advances for 8th graders.
This particular assessment focused on mathematics skills, which included an assessment of: number properties and operations; measurement; geometry; data analysis, statistics, and probability; and algebra, according to the DOE's website.
Parents should visit the website to view the NAEP report results for themselves. The site provides an interactive graphical presentation of the results, sorted by a variety of criterion. Interesting to parents may be the analysis by state, ethnic groups, school type, and social economic status.
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