Pieces of the Puzzle Table B.37 Changes in the average scale score of grade 8 IEP public school students in the NAEP reading assessment, overall and at selected ranges of the achievement scale distribution, based on the full population estimates, by TUDA district, large city, and national public: 2003, 2005, and 2007 District
Overall
Atlanta Austin Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland DC Houston Los Angeles New York City San Diego National Public Large City
-2.5 — -1.9 -13.7* -6.3 -9.9 0.9 -11.4* 7.0 1.4 1.5 -0.3 -0.2
Atlanta Austin Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland DC Houston Los Angeles New York City San Diego National Public Large City
1.8 6.8 4.1 10.8 -0.6 -5.9 -0.5 -2.5 -4.5 3.2 -0.8 -1.6* -1.4
Atlanta Austin Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland DC Houston Los Angeles New York City San Diego National Public Large City
-0.7 — 2.2 -2.9 -6.9 -15.8* 0.4 -13.9* 2.6 4.6 0.8 -1.9* -1.6
Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Changes 2003 to 2005 † † † † † † † † -9.9 -9.7* † † 0.8 2.4 † † † † † † † † -0.7 -1.0 -1.5 0.0 Changes 2005 to 2007 † † † † † † † † -6.9 -0.4 † † -4.3 -3.2 † † † † † † † † -6.1* -2.3* -6.7* -2.2 Changes 2003 to 2007 † † † † † † † † -16.7* -10.1* † † -3.5 -0.9 -19.6* -16.5* † † † † † † -6.8* -3.2* -8.2* -2.2
Quintile 3
Quintile 4
Quintile 5
† † † † -5.6 † 1.9 † † † † -0.8 0.2
† † † † -3.7 † 1.6 † † † † 0.0 1.0
† † † † -2.7 † -2.2 † † † † 1.0 -0.5
† † † † 0.1 † -1.5 † † † † -1.0 -1.0
† † † † 0.2 † 0.8 † † † † 0.1 0.0
† † † † 3.8 † 5.9 † † † † 1.2 2.8
† † † † -5.4 † 0.5 † † † † -1.8* -0.9
† † † † -3.6 † 2.4 † † † † 0.1 1.0
† † † † 1.1 † 3.7 † † † † 2.2* 2.3
*Statistically different from large cities at p <.05; ** Statistically different from national public at p <.05; *** Statistically different from 2003 at p <.05; ‡ Reporting standards not met Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 Mathematics and Reading Assessments
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