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Document Number: 7491

Mapping 2005 State Proficiency Standards onto the NAEP Scales - This report uses the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) as a common yardstick for comparing state reading and math proficiency standard, and for comparing these state standards with national performance benchmarks. Key findings: states vary widely in the NAEP-equivalents of their proficiency standards; most state proficiency standards fall within the NAEP Basic level; and a state's proficiency standard is not necessarily tied to student performance on NAEP. (The National Center for Education Statistics, June 2007) ...


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