2015-2016 State of Education - At a Glance

AT A GLANCE Tennessee’s National Ranking on the NAEP Math and Reading Exams, 2011-15 Math Reading 4th Grade 8th Grade 4th Grade 8th Grade 2011 Ranking 46th 45th 41st 41st 2013 Ranking 37th 43rd 31st 34th 2015 Ranking 25th 37th 36th 30th Tennessee was recognized as the fastest improving state in the nation on fourth- and eighth-grade math and reading scores on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). These gains were sustained in 2015, with the exception of fourthgrade reading. For the first time on a NAEP examination, Tennessee fourth-graders scored in the top half (25th) of students nationally in math. Grade 4 Math Scores Racial PErformance Gaps In 2015, Tennessee African 260 250 240 American fourth-graders 248 240 248 239 249 250 247 210 222 214 222 213 246 224 for the first time scored higher overall on the NAEP math exam than their 239 African American peers 230 220 248 224 221 226 224 nationally. However, the average Tennessee African American fourth-grade 216 math score (on a 500-point scale) was 20 points below the average score of white 200 Tennessee fourth-graders and 22 points below that of 190 white students nationally. 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Since 2011, there are 131,000 Tennessee Black/African American US Black/African American Tennessee White US White more students on grade level in TCAP math, nearly 60,000 more students on grade level in science, and Grade 8 MATH Scores Racial PErformance Gaps 5,000 more students on grade level in reading. 300 290 280 290 282 292 282 293 281 293 284 291 285 250 rates grew from less than a third of students in 2011 (30.7 percent) to more than half (54.2 percent) in 2015. 270 260 TCAP Algebra II proficiency 259 254 260 254 262 263 260 257 252 253 240 230 2007 2009 Tennessee Black/African American 2011 US Black/African American 2013 Tennessee White 2015 US White

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