NAEP -- State Profile: WV

West Virginia
	Contact Information Testing Director: Jan Barth NAEP Coordinator: Vickie Baker WV State Dept. of Education
Student, School/District Characteristics for Public Schools
Student Characteristics Number enrolled: 281,939 Percent in Title I schools: 37.3% With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): 17.2% Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: 0.8% Percent eligible for free/reduced lunch: 49.7% Racial/Ethnic Background White: 93.3% Black: 5.1% Hispanic: 0.8% Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.7% American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.1%	School/District Characteristics Number of school districts: 57^* Number of schools: 771 Number of charter schools: N/A Per-pupil expenditures: $9,763 Pupil/teacher ratio: 14.5 Number of FTE teachers: 19,414
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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	215	[219]	52	12	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
		1996ⁿ	223	[222]	63	19	2
		2000	223	[224]	65	17	1
		2003	231	[234]	75	24	2
		2005	231	[237]	75	25	2
		2007	236	[239]	81	33	3
		2009	233	[239]	77	28	2

	8	1990ⁿ	256	[262]	42	9	1
		1992ⁿ	259	[267]	47	10	1
		1996ⁿ	265	[271]	54	14	1
		2000	266	[272]	58	17	2
		2003	271	[276]	63	20	2
		2005	269	[278]	60	18	1
		2007	270	[280]	61	19	2
		2009	270	[282]	61	19	2

Reading (scale: 0-500)		4	1992ⁿ	216	[215]	61	25	5	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	1994ⁿ		213	[212]	58	26	6
	1998		216	[213]	60	28	5
	2002		219	[217]	65	28	5
	2003		219	[216]	65	29	6
	2005		215	[217]	61	26	5
	2007		215	[220]	63	28	5

	8		1998	262	[261]	75	28	1
		2002	264	[263]	77	29	1
		2003	260	[261]	72	25	2
		2005	255	[260]	67	22	1
		2007	255	[261]	68	23	1

Science (scale: 0-300)		4	2000	149	[145]	68	24	2	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient
	2005		151	[149]	70	24	1

	8		1996ⁿ	147	[148]	56	21	1
		2000	146	[148]	57	24	2
		2005	147	[147]	57	23	2

Writing (scale: 0-300)		4	2002	147	[153]	84	19	1	Scale Scores Achievement Levels Cross-State Comparison Maps: Scale Scores Percent at or Above Proficient

	8	4	1998	144	[148]	82	18	0
		2002	144	[152]	81	21	1
		2007	146	[154]	84	22	0

* 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 (140K PDF)
Reading: Grade 4 (693K PDF), Reading: Grade 8 (677K PDF)
Science: Grade 4 (218K PDF), Science: Grade 8 (221K PDF)
Writing: Grade 4 (129K PDF), Writing: Grade 8 (173K PDF)
Trial Urban District Assessment Snapshot Reports:
Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing

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