Scores go up, scores go down | EdNewsColorado

Scores go up, scores go down | EdNewsColorado

Scores go up, scores go down

Written by Todd Engdahl on Aug 10th, 2010.

The percentages of Colorado’s lowest-achieving students who are on track to move into proficient or advanced performance on the CSAP tests remain below 15 percent, according to 2010 test results released by the Colorado Department of Education today.

The state’s 2010 test scores and growth data once again show the familiar pattern of some improvements and some declines, and the persistence of achievement gaps.

Combined figures for all grades showed 68 percent of Colorado students proficient or advanced in reading in 2010, the same percentage as in the prior two years. In writing 53 percent were proficient, down two percentage points from last year and the same as 2008. In math, 55 percent were proficient or higher, the same as 2009 and two points higher than in 2008. Those percentages have remained in the same narrow range for a decade.

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