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Education Research Report: Results From the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessments (TUDA) in Mathematics and Reading

Education Research Report: Results From the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessments (TUDA) in Mathematics and Reading:

Results From the 2011 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessments (TUDA) in Mathematics and Reading

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Data from the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that students from large cities nationally have made gains since 2009 at both grades 4 and 8 in mathematics and at grade 8 in reading. The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2011 TUDA and The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2011 TUDA present results for public school students from 21 participating urban districts and from large cities nationally.

Key results from the 2011 NAEP TUDA mathematics and reading assessments include:

In MATHEMATICS in 2011

• Only one of the 21 participating districts (Atlanta) saw higher scores for both fourth- and eighth-grade students in 2011 than in any previous mathematics assessment.

• Three districts have made gains since 2009 at grade 4 only (Austin, Baltimore City, and Philadelphia) and five