By LAURA GURFEIN, Capital News Service
By LAURA GURFEIN, Capital News Service
Published
10/15/09
WASHINGTON - Maryland is one of only eight jurisdictions to show improvement in fourth-grade math scores from 2007, according to the 2009 Nation's Report Card for mathematics released Wednesday.
The report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that while eighth-graders improved math proficiency on a national level since 2007, the last year the test was administered, fourth-grade test results remained mostly unchanged.
The percentage of Maryland public school fourth-graders testing at proficient or advanced levels this year improved by five percentage points from 2007, to 44 percent. The national average is...
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