ERIC Number: ED503642
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 43
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The Nation's Report Card[TM]: Mathematics 2007 Performance of Public School Students in Puerto Rico--Focus on the Content Areas. NCES 2009-451
Dion, G. S.; Kuang, M.; Dresher, A. R.
National Center for Education Statistics
In 2007, public school students in Puerto Rico at grades 4 and 8 participated in a Spanish-language version of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics. A representative sample of approximately 2,800 students from 100 public schools was assessed at each grade. This report contains performance results on NAEP mathematics questions for public school students in Puerto Rico and the nation. At grade 4, the average of the question scores for students in Puerto Rico was lower than the score for students in the nation overall and within each content area. There was no statistically significant difference in performance between male and female students in Puerto Rico overall and in each content area. At grade 8, the overall average of the question scores for students in Puerto Rico was lower than the score for students in the nation. Results were similar for each content area. While there was no significant difference between the performance of male and female students in Puerto Rico overall, male students had a higher score than female students in the measurement content area, and female students had a higher score than their male peers in the data analysis and probability content area. The report includes appendix of tables, listing the NAEP 2007 mathematics questions for grades 4 and 8 that were released to the public after the assessment. They are organized by content area and increasing order of difficulty for students in Puerto Rico. (Contains 12 figures and 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Public Schools, Grade 4, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement, Student Evaluation, Spanish, National Competency Tests, Data Analysis, Probability, Gender Differences
National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/help/orderinfo.asp
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 4; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Statistics (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico
IES Funded: Yes
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IES Publication: http://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009451
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