Thread by @Trish_Crain

New @NAEP_NCES scores will be out by the end of October. For #TableauTuesday, here's a look at recent results for Alabama and other southeastern states. First, a look at proportion of students at basic, proficient and advanced versus below basic. #aledchat public.tableau.com/app/profile/al…

That dashboard allows you to choose any year's test, 2009 to 2019, by race and poverty status. The cutoff bar is at the Basic level.

"Proficient achievement level does not represent grade level proficiency as determined by other assessment standards." nces.ed.gov/nationsreportc…

In 2018, the Superintendents Roundtable published a paper "How High the Bar?" claiming NAEP proficiency was too high a bar. superintendentsforum.org/archives/2019-…

I appeased those who said Basic is high enough and compared Alabama's children to other states' children for these vizzes. Alabama's children still are near the bottom even on that scale. (And remember, the same sampling methods are in place across all states.)

If you prefer line charts with all values over time, click this link. Each color represents a state. public.tableau.com/app/profile/al…

Another way to look at it is on a map, well, two maps comparing percentage students in poverty (measured by eligibility for reduced-price or free meals) and those not in poverty who scored Below Basic. public.tableau.com/views/2019NAEP…

State education officials have said they have a good feeling about @NAEP_NCES results this year. Looking forward to reporting on those results soon.

More data looks at this link: public.tableau.com/app/profile/al… #TableauTuesday

Here's some of our coverage of the 2019 @NAEP_NCES results: al.com/news/2019/11/a…

@NAEP_NCES And hey, here's a cool tool allowing you to test yourself on the NAEP. (The website runs a little slow in pulling up the questions, so be patient, please.) nces.ed.gov/nationsreportc…