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State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 5: Progress Lags in High School, Especially for Advanced Achievers

Author(s): Jennifer McMurrer and Nancy Kober
Published: October 5, 2011

This report examines testing data from 40 states and the District of Columbia from 2002 through 2009 and finds that while high school scores on state English language arts and math tests rose in most states, smaller proportions of states made gains in high school compared with 4th and 8th grades. State testing data also show a lack of progress and widening gaps between various groups of high school students at the advanced level in many states.

A supplemental appendix with listings of where states fall within the various analyses for this study is available as well as one-page profiles of state-specific performance trends at the advanced achievement levels for nine states. 

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Full Report (PDF format, 1113 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=McMurrerKober%5FReport%5FHighSchoolAchievement%5F100511%2Epdf
Press Release (PDF format, 159 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=PressRelease%5FPart5HighSchoolAchievement%5F100511%2Epdf
State-by-State Appendix (PDF format, 1646 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=Appendix%5FPart5StatebystateLIST%5F100511%2Epdf
California (DOCX format, 52.9 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=CaliforniaHSAdvanced%2Edocx
District of Columbia (DOCX format, 49.0 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=DistrictofColumbiaHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Florida (DOCX format, 48.3 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=FloridaHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Georgia (DOCX format, 41.0 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=GeorgiaHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Michigan (DOCX format, 49.2 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=MichiganHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Ohio (DOCX format, 52.6 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=OhioHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Tennessee (DOCX format, 49.3 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=TennesseeHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Texas (DOCX format, 49.7 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=TexasHSAdvanced%2Edocx
Virginia (DOCX format, 41.8 KB) * Direct link: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=VirginiaHSAdvanced%2Edocx

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