NAEP -- State Profile: DC

District of Columbia
	Contact Information Testing Director: Leroy Tompkins NAEP Coordinator: Ruth Aponte District of Columbia Public Schools
Student, School/District Characteristics for Public Schools
Student Characteristics Number enrolled: 72,850 Percent in Title I schools: 82.4% With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): 12.1% Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: 6.1% Percent eligible for free/reduced lunch: 52.8% Racial/Ethnic Background White: 5.0% Black: 83.4% Hispanic: 9.9% Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.6% American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.1%	School/District Characteristics Number of school districts: 1^* Number of schools: 235 Number of charter schools: 59 Per-pupil expenditures: $14,699 Pupil/teacher ratio: 13.5 Number of FTE teachers: 5,394
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^* Local school districts only (type 1, 2)
Source: Common Core of Data, 2006-2007 school year (non-adjudicated)

History of NAEP Participation and Performance
			Scale Score		Achievement Level
			State	[Nat.	Percent at or Above
Subject	Grade	Year	Avg.	Avg.]*	Basic	Proficient	Advanced	Graphics

Mathematics (scale: 0-500)	4	1992ⁿ	193	[219]	23	5	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
		1996ⁿ	187	[222]	20	5	1
		2000	192	[224]	24	5	1
		2003	205	[234]	36	7	1
		2005	211	[237]	45	10	1
		2007	214	[239]	49	14	3
		2009	219	[239]	56	17	3

	8	1990ⁿ	231	[262]	17	3	1
		1992ⁿ	235	[267]	22	4	1
		1996ⁿ	233	[271]	20	5	1
		2000	235	[272]	23	6	1
		2003	243	[276]	29	6	1
		2005	245	[278]	31	7	2
		2007	248	[280]	34	8	1
		2009	254	[282]	40	11	2

Reading (scale: 0-500)		4	1992ⁿ	188	[215]	30	10	2	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	1994ⁿ		179	[212]	24	8	2
	1998		179	[213]	27	10	3
	2002		191	[217]	31	10	2
	2003		188	[216]	31	10	3
	2005		191	[217]	33	11	2
	2007		197	[220]	39	14	4

	8		1998	236	[261]	44	11	1
		2002	240	[263]	48	10	0
		2003	239	[261]	47	10	1
		2005	238	[260]	45	12	1
		2007	241	[261]	48	12	1

Science (scale: 0-300)		8	1996ⁿ	113	[148]	19	5	0	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient

Writing (scale: 0-300)	4	8	2002	135	[153]	73	11	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	4
	8	1998	126	[148]	63	11	1
		2002	128	[152]	66	10	0

* Includes public schools only

ⁿ Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment

Related Material

State Report Cards:
Mathematics: Grade 4 (141K PDF), Mathematics: Grade 8 (215K PDF)
Reading: Grade 4 (698K PDF), Reading: Grade 8 (682K PDF)
Science (1193K PDF), Writing: Grade 4 (129K PDF), Writing: Grade 8 (135K PDF)
Trial Urban District Assessment Snapshot Reports:
Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing

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