Assessment – New Mexico Education https://nmeducation.org Your home for all things education in The Land of Enchantment Thu, 02 Nov 2023 01:58:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://nmeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-29-2021_NewMexico_NMEducationLogo_V1-08-150x150.png Assessment – New Mexico Education https://nmeducation.org 32 32 202004729 Literacy Rates Climb as Math Falls in New Mexico https://nmeducation.org/literacy-rates-climb-as-math-falls-in-new-mexico/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 01:51:23 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5263 The 2022-2023 assessment results for New Mexico released by the NMPED earlier today reveal a varied educational landscape for New Mexico students. While literacy rates reported by the NMPED showed a promising increase of four percent, with 38 percent of students now proficient in English Language Arts, mathematics proficiency experienced a concerning decline, dropping by one percent to 24 percent proficiency. This trend was reflected across various demographics, with notable gains in ELA proficiency among Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Native American students, but a significant decrease among White students. Conversely, mathematics proficiency remained stagnant or decreased across all groups, except for a slight increase among Asian students. Significant data issues remain and continue to create confusion in determining overall statewide performance comparisons.

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]]> 5263 Where Are the Scores? https://nmeducation.org/where-are-the-scores/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:37:06 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5253 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham claimed a 4.3 percent increase in literacy rates at a September literacy conference in New Mexico, but no evidence of this improvement has been made public. Meanwhile, the state's graduation rates for 2022 showed a slight decline. New Mexico has a history of testing disruptions, including the discontinuation of the PARCC test in 2019, a federal waiver in 2020 due to COVID-19, and limited testing in 2021. The state introduced the New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement (NM-MSSA) in 2022. New Mexico is the only state in the region that has not released student assessment data for 2023.

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]]> 5253 New Mexico Public Education Department Launches School Performance Website https://nmeducation.org/new-mexico-public-ed-department-revives-school-performance-website/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:29:09 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5040 The New Mexico Public Education Department hopes to improve student achievement  in English Language Arts, mathematics, and science across the state by using tools that  have been shelved since 2019. The renewed effort will study schools in New Mexico to see where students are performing well and where they are struggling, to replicate success stories and improve schools with low academic performance.

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]]> 5040 Gaps between NAEP, N.M. state test proficiency rates raise questions https://nmeducation.org/gaps-between-naep-n-m-state-test-proficiency-rates-raise-questions/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:46:10 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4746 Significant discrepancies in proficiency rates between gold-standard national tests and New Mexico’s new state assessment suggest that New Mexico might have lowered the bar this year, masking just how far behind its students are, according to a national policy expert.

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]]> 4746 Deeper dive into N.M. NAEP scores reveals troubling truths https://nmeducation.org/deeper-dive-into-n-m-naep-scores-reveals-troubling-truths/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:21:25 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4737 While the high-level view is grim of New Mexico fourth- and eighth-grade students’ performance on national 2022 math and literacy tests released this week, a deeper look at the data reveals even more troubling truths.

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]]> 4737 New Mexico ranks dead last nationally on NAEP test results https://nmeducation.org/new-mexico-ranks-dead-last-nationally-on-naep-test-results/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:21:07 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4726 New Mexico’s fourth- and eighth-grade students took a big step backwards in math and reading during the Covid-19 pandemic, newly released data from gold-standard national tests shows.

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]]> 4726 APS test result deep-dive ‘sobering’ to board members https://nmeducation.org/aps-test-result-deep-dive-sobering-to-board-members/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:27:52 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4697 Scores also revealed enormous racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps, with more affluent students as well as Asian and white students scoring significantly higher on literacy and math assessments than low-income students and students of color.

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]]> 4697 State falls short in test participation https://nmeducation.org/state-falls-short-in-test-participation/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 20:21:11 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4688 Wildfires and chronic absenteeism caused fewer than […]

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]]> 4688 State test results show most vulnerable students still struggling https://nmeducation.org/state-test-results-show-most-vulnerable-students-still-struggling/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 22:28:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4663 New Mexico public school students continue to struggle with learning, state test results released Thursday show, but whether that is attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic is difficult to assess because new tests launched this year aren’t comparable to pre-Covid state exams.

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]]> 4663 PED accelerates test result release https://nmeducation.org/ped-accelerates-test-result-release/ Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:43:27 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=4535 After criticism from legislators, the New Mexico Public Education Department has accelerated its timeline for releasing state assessment results by two months.

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