# Presentation: 923384

## The Nation’s Report Card: Trial Urban District Assessment Mathematics and Reading 2007

## Background of the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA)

**Collaboration among National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment Governing Board, ****and Council of the Great City Schools**
**Exploration of the feasibility of district-level assessments**
**Voluntary participation by selected districts varying in location and demographic makeup**
**A common yardstick to compare district performance**

## Trial Urban District Assessment Map

## Score Changes for Reading

- ↑ Indicates the score was higher in 2007. ↓ Indicates the score was lower in 2007.↔ Indicates there was no significant change in the score in 2007. — District did not participate in 2002.

- ‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size was insufficient to permit a reliable estimate for New York City in 2002.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## Score Changes for Mathematics

- ↑ Indicates the score was higher in 2007. ↓ Indicates the score was lower in 2007.↔ Indicates there was no significant change in the score in 2007. — District did not participate in 2003.

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.

## Overview of the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA)

**Approximately 900 to 2,800 students were assessed ****per district, per grade, per subject**
**Results reported as**
**Average scale scores (on a 0–500 scale)**
**Percentage at or above achievement levels**
**Compared to public school students in**
**The nation**
**Large central cities, a peer group for comparison ****(cities of 250,000 or more)**

## Demographic Context

**Many TUDA districts have higher percentages than the nation of**

**Black students **
**Hispanic students **
**English language learners **
**Students with disabilities**
**Students from lower-income ****families**

- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment at grade 4.

## Fourth-Grade District Reading Score Trend

**Four scored higher in 2007 than in 2002**
**Two scored higher in 2007 than in 2005**
**One scored lower in 2007 ****than in 2005**

- * Significantly different (*p* < .05) from 2007.
- 1 District did not participate in 2002 and/or 2003.
- SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–07 Trial Urban District Reading Assessments.

## Fourth-Grade Achievement-Level Results

- NOTE: The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## Nation – District Gaps

**Nation – District Gaps**

- # Rounds to zero.1 The score-point difference between this district and the nation was not statistically significant.NOTE: The average score for all students in the nation was 220 and for students from lower-income families was 205. In NAEP, lower-income students are students identified as eligible for the National School Lunch Program. Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

**Narrower for Lower-Income Fourth-Graders**

## White – Black Score Gaps, Grade 4

- NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## White – Hispanic Score Gaps, Grade 4

- ‡ Reporting standards not met.NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## Eighth-Grade District Reading Score Trend

**Two scored higher in 2007 compared to 2002**
**Four scored higher in 2007 than in 2005**

- * Significantly different (*p* < .05) from 2007.1 District did not participate in 2002 and/or 2003.2 Data for eighth-graders in New York City were not available in 2002 because the district did not meet minimum participation guidelines for reporting.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–07 Trial Urban District Reading Assessments.

## Eighth-Grade Achievement-Level Results

- NOTE: The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## White – Black Score Gaps, Grade 8

- ‡ Reporting standards not met.NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## White – Hispanic Score Gaps, Grade 8

- ‡ Reporting standards not met.NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

## Fourth-Grade District Mathematics Score Trend

**Eight scored higher in 2007 than in 2003**
**Four scored higher in 2007 than in 2005**
**One scored lower in 2007 than in 2005**

- * Significantly different (*p* < .05) from 2007.1 District did not participate in 2003.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003, 2005, and 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessments.

## Fourth-Grade Achievement-Level Results

- NOTE: The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.

## Nation – District Gaps Narrower for Lower-Income Fourth-Graders

- 1 The score-point difference between this district and the nation was not statistically significant.NOTE: The average score for all students in the nation was 239 and for students from lower-income families was 227. In NAEP, lower-income students are students identified as eligible for the National School Lunch Program. Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.

## Score Changes by Race/Ethnicity, Grade 4: 2003 to 2007

**Score Changes by Race/Ethnicity, Grade 4: 2003 to 2007**

-  ↑   Indicates the score was higher in 2007.↔   Indicates there was no significant change in the score in 2007. —   District did not participate in 2003.NOTE: Shaded area indicates reporting standards not met. Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate in either 2003 and/or 2007.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 and 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessments.

## Eighth-Grade District Mathematics Score Trend

**Eight showed increases compared to 2003**
**Six had higher average scores than in 2005**

- * Significantly different (*p* < .05) from 2007.1 District did not participate in 2003.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003, 2005, and 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessments.

## Eighth-Grade Achievement-Level Results

- NOTE: The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.

## Score Changes by Race/Ethnicity, Grade 8: 2003 to 2007

-  ↑   Indicates the score was higher in 2007.↔   Indicates there was no significant change in the score in 2007. —   District did not participate in 2003.NOTE: Shaded area indicates reporting standards not met. Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate in either 2003 and/or 2007.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 and 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessments.

## Highlights of District Profiles

- * Significantly different (*p* < .05) from 2007.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003, 2005, and 2007 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessments.

## For More Information

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