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NAEP 2024: Utah remains above national averages; eighth-grade reading shows localized decline
Summary
USBE staff briefed the committee on 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results: Utah outperformed the national average in many comparisons but showed a decline in eighth-grade reading (driven in analysis by declines on informational-reading measures among female students); statewide math results remained generally flat.
Darren Nielsen, assistant superintendent for student learning at the Utah State Board of Education, and Angela Battaglia, Utah's NAEP state coordinator, presented the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress results and fielded committee questions about sampling, interpretation and subgroup trends.
Battaglia explained NAEP sampling: the assessment uses a stratified random sample so state-level demographic proportions (for example, percent Hispanic and percent white) are reflected in school selection; once a school is selected, student sampling is random (for example, starting at a chosen…
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