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Subgroup Achievement and Gap Trends: Ohio

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 Ohio. The major student groups in Ohio showed a clear trend of gains in grade 4 reading at the basic and proficient levels but mostly declines at the advanced level. In grade 4 math, achievement declined across the board for all subgroups at all achievement levels. A clear trend of narrowing gaps was apparent for all major subgroups at most grade levels. (Contains 7 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.]
Authorizing Institution
Center on Education Policy
Education Level
['Elementary Education', 'Elementary Secondary Education', 'Grade 10', 'Grade 4', 'Grade 8', 'High Schools', 'Secondary Education']
Laws Policies and Programs
No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Location
Ohio
Peer Reviewed
F
Publication Type
['Numerical/Quantitative Data', 'Reports - Evaluative']
Published in
United States of America

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