This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between these groups at the proficient level across three grades (grade 4, grade 8 in most cases, and a high school grade). These two types of analyses show whether elementary school achievement has generally gone up for different groups of students and whether achievement gaps at different grade levels have narrowed, widened, or stayed the same. This paper profiles the student subgroup achievement and gap trends in Alabama. Overall, Alabama showed upward trends on achievement and progress in closing achievement gaps on state tests. (Contains 9 tables.) [For the main report, "State Test Score Trends through 2007-08, Part 3: Are Achievement Gaps Closing and Is Achievement Rising for All?", see ED507909.]
- Assessments and Surveys
- Alabama High School Graduation Examination
- Authorizing Institution
- Center on Education Policy
- Education Level
- ['Elementary Education', 'Elementary Secondary Education', 'Grade 11', 'Grade 4', 'Grade 8', 'High Schools', 'Secondary Education']
- Laws Policies and Programs
- No Child Left Behind Act 2001
- Location
- Alabama
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- ['Numerical/Quantitative Data', 'Reports - Evaluative']
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- K-12 enrollment 735605 1
- Subgroup Achievement Trends and Gap Trends Key Findings 1
- Data Limitations 2
- Test Characteristics 2
- Achievement by Subgroup Trends at the Elementary Level 4
- Note 4
- Table AL-7. Percentages of Grade 4 Students by Racial or Ethnic Subgroup 4
- Scoring at the Advanced Proficient and Above and Basic and Above Levels in Reading 4
- Table AL-8. Percentage of Grade 4 Students by Demographic Subgroup 5
- Scoring at the Advanced Proficient and Above and Basic and Above Levels in Reading 5
- Table AL-9. Percentages of Grade 4 Students by Racial or Ethnic Subgroup 6
- Scoring at the Advanced Proficient and Above and Basic and Above Levels in Mathematics 6
- Table AL-10. Percentage of Grade 4 Students by Demographic Subgroup 7
- Scoring at the Advanced Proficient and Above and Basic and Above Levels in Mathematics 7
- Table AL-11. Subgroup Achievement Trends in Reading by Percentages Proficient 8
- Table AL-12. Subgroup Achievement Trends in Mathematics by Percentages Proficient 10
- Achievement by Subgroup Gap Trends Mean Scale Scores 12
- Table AL-13. Achievement Gap Trends in Reading by Mean Scale Scores 12
- Table AL-14. Subgroup Achievement Trends in Mathematics by Mean Scale Scores 14
- Table AL-15. Numbers of Test-Takers 16
- Key Terms 17
- Cautions and Explanations 18
- Difficulty of attributing causes because 18
