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Friday, October 30, 2009
N.M.'s Academic Standards Tough
By Martin Salazar
Journal Staff Writer
New Mexico has once again been recognized nationally for setting high academic standards and assessments for student performance.
Though New Mexico students frequently rank among the bottom when it comes to proficiency in key subject areas, the state has long been recognized as having rigorous academic standards that students must meet in order to be deemed proficient.
The report — called "Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto the NAEP Scales: 2005-2007" — uses the National Assessment of Education Progress, also known as the Nation's Report Card, to compare the rigor of state proficiency standards.
Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, each state is responsible for coming up with its own standards and assessments for what constitutes proficiency in core subject areas.
New Mexico ranked eighth in the nation in eighth-grade math standards, 12th in fourth-grade math, 24th in eighth-grade reading and it tied with three other states for 11th place in fourth-grade reading.
The study, released by the National Center for Education Statistics, assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
"This alignment study is an independent validation that New Mexico's academic standards and annual standards-based assessment set high expectations for academic rigor for all New Mexico students," state Education Secretary Veronica Garcia said in a news release.
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