Education World – Nicole Gorman
“A report from the National Center for Education Statistics- often known as “The Nation’s Report Card-” compares each states’ idea of proficiency using test scores from respective state exams and from the National Assessment of Educational Performance – or NAEP-using 2013 data. The report found that how states define proficiency compared to the standard of the NAEP varies greatly. In other words, “[a] top-scoring student on Arizona’s reading test may fall far below average in states with more rigorous exams, like Massachusetts or Wisconsin,” according to NPR.”(more)