NAEP - TUDA 2005: District Profiles

Urban District Results

Science

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District Profiles

Scale Score Results

Achievement-Level Results

A Closer Look at Individual Districts

Use the tabs below to view science performance for each participating district. The profiles present a closer look at results for each district’s student groups by race/ethnicity and by income level (eligibility for free or reduced-price school lunch) and offer comparisons to the nation's public schools and to large central city public schools. In addition, results for a few, selected test questions are provided to give the reader a more concrete sense of how the district’s students performed. To learn more about the educational context in each district, see About Urban Districts.

GRADE 4
STUDENT GROUPS

GRADE 4
ITEM PERFORMANCE

GRADE 8
STUDENT GROUPS

GRADE 8
ITEM PERFORMANCE

Percentage of fourth-grade student responses rated correct or "Complete" on selected NAEP science questions in 2005, by jurisdiction
Achieve– ment level	Score location	Question description	Nation	Large central city	San Diego
Advanced 205 – 300	219	Interpret readings from rain gauges	30	26	33
Advanced 205 – 300	208	Interpret data to conclude conditions needed for seed germination	33	27	29
Proficient 170 – 204	203	Explain what can be learned from fossils	36	29	35
	185	Relate air (oxygen) supply to burning time	44	32	34
	174	Interpret melting point data to determine which item melts first	65	62	63
Basic 138 – 169	165	Use data table to determine which day has the most daylight	66	57	57
	159	Predict and explain water displacement by two objects	62	53	59
	139	Identify function of a human structure	76	71	75
0 – 137	136	Identify process fish use to obtain oxygen	75	68	81
0 – 137	103	Compare weather data to tell which city has warmer temperatures	87	78	72
NOTE: Multiple-choice questions are shown in italic type.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Trial Urban District Science Assessment.

In the table above, the “score location” of a test question on the scale represents the average scale score attained by students who had a 65 percent probability of successfully answering a constructed-response question, or a 74 percent probability of correctly answering a four-option multiple-choice question.

The scale score ranges for the science achievement levels (Basic, Proficient, and Advanced) are also displayed in the table. For constructed-response questions, the question description represents students’ performance rated as completely correct. The hyperlinked items have been released and are available in the NAEP Questions tool. To find other sample test questions with associated performance results by nation, state, and district, search the NAEP Questions Tool.

Cross-jurisdiction significance results are calculated using a multiple-comparison procedure based on all participating districts. Results may vary from those obtained using single-district comparisons, such as those in the single-district snapshot reports.

Read more about the 2005 science assessment on the NAEP website. Read the specific definitions of the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced achievement levels for grades 4 and 8.

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