Texas 8th-graders outperform national average

Friday, February 22, 2013

They scored 32 points higher on the NAEP math test in 2011 than in 1990 -- a larger increase than the four other mega-states, of California, Illinois, New York and Florida. The test is scored on a 500-point scale.

Texas also was the only mega-state whose eighth-graders scored higher than the national average on the 2011 math test. In science, those students also beat the national average and other mega states in both 2009 and 2011.

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Comments?...Libtards??

#1 | Posted by justanoversight at 2013-02-22 01:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

of course not...texas haters have nothing to say if its not hateful, demeaning, insulting, pathetically biased and just plain silly. NOT That there's anything wrong with that.. :)

#2 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-02-22 02:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Perry must be one helluva governor.

#3 | Posted by matsop at 2013-02-22 06:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Perry must be one helluva governor.
#3 | POSTED BY MATSOP AT 2013-02-22 06:04 PM | REPLY | FLAG

He's the tops doncha know?

Exspecially since he himself taught all those 8th graders one at a time.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-22 06:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Comments?...Libtards??
#1 | POSTED BY JUSTANOBESESLOHT AT 2013-02-22 01:41 PM | REPLY

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day and all that jazz.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-22 06:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

of course not...texas haters have nothing to say if its not hateful, demeaning, insulting, pathetically biased and just plain silly. NOT That there's anything wrong with that.. :)
#2 | POSTED BY AFKABL2 AT 2013-02-22 02:59 PM | REPLY

8th graders, the best thing in Texas.

Maybe in 20 years from now when they enter Texan Politics they can help fix the rest of that state.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-22 06:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

"8th graders, the best thing in Texas. "

And everyone of them smarter than the sitting Governor. Who knows? Texas might become a civilized state in 20 or 30 years.

#7 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-02-22 06:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

wow...I can almost hear all of those teeth grinding and brain cells smoking as you guys look desperately for some way to like the result but still attack it....nice try..

#8 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-02-22 07:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

VT's 8th-graders normally score very high in reading and writing. I don't know about math. But in HS, that all changes.

And really, Afk, you think standardized testing is important?

#9 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-22 07:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

wow...I can almost hear all of those teeth grinding and brain cells smoking

Time to up the dosage on your meds AFK.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2013-02-22 07:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

Larger increase is good, but are they performing better or improving more (according to this test)?

#11 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-02-22 07:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

wow...I can almost hear all of those teeth grinding and brain cells smoking as you guys look desperately for some way to like the result but still attack it....nice try..

#8 | Posted by afkabl2

Way to go Texas 8th graders!

Already smarter than the AFKbabble generation.

howzat? :)

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2013-02-22 08:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

12th Grade scores lower than in 1996.

They joys of large volumes of statistics, you can pick whichever you want depending on what you'd like to "prove".

#13 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-02-22 08:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

Is Texas Leading Its Peers and the
Nation?
A Decadal Analysis of Educational Data

"The Texas Education Agency's (TEA) Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) and Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exit exam data show that African American and Latina/o students apparently made dramatic achievement gains and narrowed the achievement gaps during the TAAS and TAKS eras. Notably, these gains appear to be reflected in the national NAEP test scores as Texas had the highest 4th grade and 8th grade NAEP scale scores relative to its peer states of New York and California for African Americans and Latina/os.
However, while the achievement gap closes, overall student performance lags. This is not unique to Texas; each of the most populous states performed worse over the past decade relative to other states in the nation. Texas dropped 21 spots in 4th grade math, four spots in 4th grade reading, and eight spots in 8th grade reading. The only bright spot was that Texas improved its standing by the end of the decade in 8th grade math, moving from 22nd to 18th."

www.utexas.edu

#14 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2013-02-22 08:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

wow...I can almost hear all of those teeth grinding and brain cells smoking

Time to up the dosage on your meds AFK.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at

how in the world did I get by without being put in my place with such indepth and insightful debating techniques.,..heee heee

#15 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-02-22 09:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

prag...every school tests too much....but let some test result come out with an opposite conclusion and these same people are belching out all sorts of green stuff out of their mouths as they attack...

#16 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-02-22 09:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

Congrats.

However....

"But Texas eighth-graders did not do as well in the reading test, with 2011 scores lower than the national average and showing no significant improvements from 1998"

and doing better than the national average might mean that 24 other states also outperformed the national average, right?

#17 | Posted by eberly at 2013-02-22 09:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

anyone can find places to improve in any result...that does not dilute the facts that this result points out...

#18 | Posted by afkabl2 at 2013-02-22 09:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Good for these 8th grade kids -- especially with their high scores being in the fields of math and science. Texas should be proud of them.

#19 | Posted by CalifChris at 2013-02-23 09:59 PM | Reply | Flag: