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District presentation shows mixed results on national and state assessments; NAEP places New Mexico behind most states
Summary
Academic staff reviewed multiple measures of student proficiency, including NAEP, SAT and NM Vistas growth measures; the presentation highlighted improvement in some areas but noted comparability limits across assessments and the state’s low NAEP ranking.
ANTHONY, N.M. — District academic staff presented an overview of school and statewide proficiency measures Wednesday and urged the board to focus on growth and comparable instruments rather than cross-state raw-score comparisons.
Mrs. Dela Rosa told trustees that national and state assessments measure different things and warned against direct comparisons between New Mexico and neighboring states because of differing standards and assessments. "When you look at those results, you will see whether it's in grade 4 mathematics, or grade 4 reading, or grade 8 math, or grade 8 reading,…
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