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About Urban Districts: 2005 Science Assessment

The 10 districts participating in the 2005 science Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) were

 Atlanta City School District
 Austin Independent School District 
 Boston School District
 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
 City of Chicago School District 299
 Cleveland Municipal School District
 Houston Independent School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 New York City Public Schools
 San Diego Unified School District

Only public school students participated in the 2005 TUDA science assessment, so throughout this website scores are compared to public school averages for the nation and large central cities. Large central cities (cities with a population of 250,000 or more) provide a comparison that is more reflective of these student populations. As this is the first science TUDA assessment, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) cannot compare student performance in the districts to prior years to determine if the districts are making progress.

The Trial Urban District Assessment provides a snapshot of urban performance and insight into the unique makeup of urban districts. As shown in tables below, the percent of minority (not White) students ranges from about 60 percent to more than 90 percent in the participating districts, compared to about 40 percent nationally in public schools at both grades 4 and 8. The percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch ranges from 43 percent to 100 percent in the districts compared with a range of 39 to 45 percent nationally in public schools at both grades. Most of these districts also have numerically higher percentages of students identified as English language learners than public schools nationally.

Student characteristics at eigth grade, by jurisdiction in 2005
Student characteristics Nation Large central city Atlanta Austin Boston Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Houston Los Angeles New
York City
San
Diego
Number of eighth-graders 3,662,000 543,000 4,000 6,000 5,000 8,000 35,000 5,000 14,000 50,000 70,000 10,000
Number of students assessed 139,000 24,700 1,000 1,200 1,100 1,400 2,000 900 1,800 1,900 1,800 1,400
Percent White students 60 23 4 33 15 41 13 18 10 9 16 25
Percent Black students 17 33 92 12 47 45 47 71 30 13 34 14
Percent Hispanic students 17 35 3 52 28 9 37 9 56 71 35 43

Percent Asian/Pacific Islander students

4 8 # 3 9 4 3 # 3 7 14 17

Percent eligible for free/reduced-price lunch

39 62 75 51 76 43 81 100 72 78 84 52

Percent identified as students with disabilities

13 13 11 13 19 12 17 19 13 12 10 11

Percent Identified as English language learners

6 14 2 14 9 7 7 3 14 33 10 21
# The estimate rounds to zero.
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.

View a table summarizing district-level participation in the science assessment.

View information about the percentages of students with disabilities and/or English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed at the district level.

Find out what the science assessment measures.

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