NAEP -- State Profile: IA

Iowa
	Contact Information Testing Director: Jim Addy NAEP Coordinator: Dianne Chadwick IA State Dept. of Education
Student, School/District Characteristics for Public Schools
Student Characteristics Number enrolled: 483,122 Percent in Title I schools: 56.9% With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): 14.7% Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: 3.8% Percent eligible for free/reduced lunch: 32.2% Racial/Ethnic Background White: 85.9% Black: 5.3% Hispanic: 6.2% Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.0% American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.6%	School/District Characteristics Number of school districts: 365^* Number of schools: 1,532 Number of charter schools: 8 Per-pupil expenditures: $8,753 Pupil/teacher ratio: 13.6 Number of FTE teachers: 35,653
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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	230	[219]	72	26	2	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
		1996ⁿ	229	[222]	74	22	1
		2000	231	[224]	75	26	2
		2003	238	[234]	83	36	3
		2005	240	[237]	85	37	4
		2007	243	[239]	87	43	5
		2009	243	[239]	87	41	5

	8	1990ⁿ	278	[262]	70	25	3
		1992ⁿ	283	[267]	76	31	4
		1996ⁿ	284	[271]	78	31	4
		2003	284	[276]	76	33	5
		2005	284	[278]	75	34	6
		2007	285	[280]	77	35	7
		2009	284	[282]	76	34	7

Reading (scale: 0-500)		4	1992ⁿ	225	[215]	73	36	7	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	1994ⁿ		223	[212]	69	35	8
	1998		220	[213]	67	33	7
	2002		223	[217]	69	35	7
	2003		223	[216]	70	35	7
	2005		221	[217]	67	33	7
	2007		225	[220]	74	36	7

	8		2003	268	[261]	79	36	3
		2005	267	[260]	79	34	3
		2007	267	[261]	80	36	2

Science (scale: 0-300)		4	2000	159	[145]	79	36	3	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient

	8	4	1996ⁿ	158	[148]	71	36	3

Writing (scale: 0-300)	8	4	2002	155	[153]	89	27	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient

	8	4	2007	155	[154]	88	32	1

* Includes public schools only

ⁿ Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment

Related Material

State Report Cards:
Mathematics: Grade 4 (142K PDF), Mathematics: Grade 8 (141K PDF)
Reading: Grade 4 (688K PDF), Reading: Grade 8 (626K PDF)
Science (437K PDF), Writing: Grade 4 (127K PDF), Writing: Grade 8 (152K PDF)
Trial Urban District Assessment Snapshot Reports:
Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing

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