A trial Spanish-language NAEP mathematics assessment was administered to Puerto Rico public school students in grades 4 and 8 in 2003¶
Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2010: local conditions change quickly
Subclaims¶
Reading the evidence codes
q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r
the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.
This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.
q2 i? In 2003 a trial NAEP mathematics assessment was administered in Spanish to public school students in grades 4 and 8 in Puerto Rico. → G.P. Baxter 2007
Evidence¶
G.P. Baxter 2007¶
G.P. Baxter, S. Ahmed, E. Sikali, T. Waits, M. Sloan, S. Salvucci. (2007). Technical Report of the NAEP Mathematics Assessment in Puerto Rico: Focus on Statistical Issues. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/technical-report-of-the-naep-mathematics-assessment-in-puerto-rico-focus-on-statistical-issues
q2 · i? · associational · r?
The report's abstract states that a trial National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics assessment was "administered in Spanish to public school students in grades 4 and 8 in Puerto Rico" in 2003. No sample sizes or outcome statistics are printed in the available text.
"In 2003, a trial National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics assessment was administered in Spanish to public school students in grades 4 and 8 in Puerto Rico."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Only small percentages of Puerto Rico students performed at or above Basic in NAEP mathematics: 9 percent of fourth-graders and 4 percent of eighth-graders in 2003, versus 76 and 67 percent nationally. — related
- In 2003, fourth-grade public school students in Puerto Rico scored lower on average in NAEP mathematics than public school students in the nation (179 vs. 234 on the 0–500 scale). — related
- In 2003, eighth-grade public school students in Puerto Rico averaged 212 in NAEP mathematics, 64 points lower than the national average of 276. — related
- In 2005, public school students in Puerto Rico scored lower on average in NAEP mathematics than students in the nation at both grades (grade 4: 183 vs. 237; grade 8: 218 vs. 278). — related
- A special validity analysis was conducted on the Puerto Rico trial assessment data — related
- Puerto Rico–nation score gaps in NAEP mathematics were largest in the measurement content area (80 points at grade 8 in 2003; 76 points in 2005), with smaller gaps in geometry. — related
- The 2003 Puerto Rico assessment data showed problems with item misfit — related
- Preliminary analyses of the 2003 Puerto Rico data led to changes in administration and translation procedures for the 2005 assessment — related
Page metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
type |
claim |
id |
trial-spanish-naep-math-puerto-rico-2003 |
title |
A trial Spanish-language NAEP mathematics assessment was administered to Puerto Rico public school students in grades 4 and 8 in 2003 |
description |
A trial Spanish-language NAEP mathematics assessment was administered to Puerto Rico public school students in grades 4 and 8 in 2003 |
status |
review |
evidence_strength |
weak |
newest_evidence |
2007 |
recheck_by |
2010 |
generated |
by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
trust |
unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
sources |
1 — gp-baxter-2007 |
Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.