NAEP -- State Profile: UT

Utah
	Contact Information Testing Director: Deborah Swensen NAEP Coordinator: Tim Eccleston UT State Dept. of Education
Student, School/District Characteristics for Public Schools
Student Characteristics Number enrolled: 523,586 Percent in Title I schools: 19.5% With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): 11.7% Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: 9.2% Percent eligible for free/reduced lunch: 30.7% Racial/Ethnic Background White: 80.8% Black: 1.4% Hispanic: 13.2% Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.1% American Indian/Alaskan Native: 1.5%	School/District Characteristics Number of school districts: 40^* Number of schools: 1,008 Number of charter schools: 58 Per-pupil expenditures: $5,876 Pupil/teacher ratio: 22.1 Number of FTE teachers: 23,640
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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	224	[219]	66	19	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
		1996ⁿ	227	[222]	69	23	2
		2000	227	[224]	69	23	2
		2003	235	[234]	79	31	2
		2005	239	[237]	83	37	4
		2007	239	[239]	83	39	4
		2009	240	[239]	81	41	6

	8	1992ⁿ	274	[267]	67	22	2
		1996ⁿ	277	[271]	70	24	3
		2000	274	[272]	66	25	3
		2003	281	[276]	72	31	6
		2005	279	[278]	71	30	5
		2007	281	[280]	72	32	6
		2009	284	[282]	75	35	7

Reading (scale: 0-500)		4	1992ⁿ	220	[215]	67	30	5	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	1994ⁿ		217	[212]	64	30	6
	1998		216	[213]	62	28	5
	2002		222	[217]	69	33	6
	2003		219	[216]	66	32	7
	2005		221	[217]	68	34	8
	2007		221	[220]	69	34	8

	8		1998	263	[261]	77	31	1
		2002	263	[263]	75	32	2
		2003	264	[261]	76	32	2
		2005	262	[260]	73	29	2
		2007	262	[261]	75	30	2

Science (scale: 0-300)		4	2000	154	[145]	73	31	3	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	2005		155	[149]	74	33	3

	8		1996ⁿ	156	[148]	70	32	2
		2000	154	[148]	67	34	3
		2005	154	[147]	65	33	3

Writing (scale: 0-300)		4	2002	145	[153]	80	20	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient

	8	4	1998	143	[148]	78	21	1
		2002	143	[152]	77	23	1
		2007	152	[154]	84	31	2

* 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 (689K PDF), Reading: Grade 8 (673K PDF)
Science: Grade 4 (217K PDF), Science: Grade 8 (219K PDF)
Writing: Grade 4 (128K PDF), Writing: Grade 8 (172K PDF)
Trial Urban District Assessment Snapshot Reports:
Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing

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