Dashboard Notes

• NAEP and TUDA are the same assessment. The Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) is a term used to identify large urban school districts that voluntarily administer NAEP in addition to every state’s participation. In DC, DC Public Schools (DCPS) participates in TUDA, results specific to DCPS can be found on NAEP’s TUDA page. EmpowerK12’s mission and vision apply to all of DC’s public schools, traditional and charter, so that’s why we focus on results for DC as a state and compare the “state” results with other urban jurisdictions.

• Due to shifts in national and DC definitions of “low-income” students on the 2024 NAEP, we are unable to publish longitudinal results for this very important priority group. NAEP plans to apply a new "SES Index" to 2024 and historical results sometime in the near future, and we will update this dashboard when that data becomes available.

• “Scale Score 25th Percentile” is a metric showing the average NAEP score for students at the 25th percentile in the selected group. We provide this metric to track whether the lowest performing students are making as much or more progress than their higher achieving peers, an important calculation for equity-monitoring purposes.

• NAEP has 4 proficiency levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, Advanced. The metric “At or Above Proficient” displays the percent of students scoring at Proficient or Advanced levels, and “At or Above Basic” displays the percent of students scoring Basic, Proficient, or Advanced.

• We provide data for some cross-tabulated priority student groups like “Low-Income+Black,” which includes students from low-income families who identify as Black or African American, and “Hispanic+Male,” which includes students who identify as male and Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Gaps are translated into instructional months utilizing the methodology from Stanford University’s Educational Opportunity Project and can be found in the hover-over tooltips in gap charts.

• The DC-National All Students gap closure metrics assume linear improvement equivalent to the student group’s improvement from 2022 to 2024. In reality, we should expect a non-linear rate of improvement that follows an s-curve with slower gains to start as impact begins to build, then quicker gains as impact scales, and finally, smaller gains as student groups approach ambitious targets.

• NAEP and OSSE do not recommend combining results across grades and subjects for most analyses. However, for those seeking a holistic picture of math and reading performance of student groups, our dashboard allows users to select multiple choices; though, we urge caution in interpretation. Hit us up with questions using the contact form on our home page.

Data Sources

• NAEP/TUDA national assessment data files that power dashboards can be found here.

• Stanford University Educational Opportunity Project methodology