19 Feb 2010
One of 21 Urban School Districts in Country Selected to Measure 4th, 8th Grade Students
DALLAS–The Dallas Independent School District is one of three urban school districts to be invited to join 18 other urban school districts in having its academic performance measured for the Trial Urban District Assessment by the rigorous National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
NAEP is known as The Nation's Report Card because it is the only nationally representative assessment of what U.S. students know and can do in core subjects like mathematics, reading, science and writing. It reports on student achievement at the national and state levels, and selected urban districts.
"Participating in the NAEP program will provide district policymakers and educators an opportunity to see how Dallas students are performing compared to their peers throughout the country," said Superintendent of Schools Michael Hinojosa. "It will be helpful to know how Dallas students stack up against students in other cities."
Dallas ISD was selected because it met various characteristics, such as district size, minority concentrations, socioeconomic conditions and percentages of students with disabilities and English language learners.
A sampling of Dallas 4th and 8th graders will be tested in reading and mathematics in the spring 2011. Districtwide results comparing Dallas to other urban school districts throughout the country will be made available in the fall of 2011.