The Case for Optimism in Arizona K-12

DR. MATTHEW LADNER SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW CHARLES KOCH INSTITUTE

NAEP Statewide 8th Grade Math and Reading Gains, 2009 to 2017 10

8 MS ARIZONA TN HI WV 6 NE 4 VA CA IL GA 2 WY NMAL UT IA FL OR MI MN WA PA NV 0 MACOCT IN AR NJ RI OK OH -2 NY WI MT KY ME NH NC -4 MO TX SC LA KS VT ID -6DE MD SD AK -8

-10 ND Reading Gains (2017 minus 2009(2017Gainsminusscores) Reading -12 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Math Gains (2017-2009 Scores) NAEP 8th Grade Math and Reading Gains, 2009 to 2017, States and State 30 Charter Sectors

WI* 25 GA*

20 Arizona*

CA* 15 MD* TX* MI*

10 MS AZ TN LA* HI WV 5 NE CO* OH* HI* VA CA WY IL*NMAL UTILGA FL* DE*IA OR MN WAPA MI NV 0 MAFL COCT IN RI ARNJ OH NY WI OK MT KY MEID8NH NC MO SC KS VT TX LA -5 DEMD ID SD AK UT* MN* ND -10

-15 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 National Public-NAEP Gains by Subject Since 2009

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4th grade math 8th grade math 4th grade 8th Grade 4th Grade 8th Grade reading reading Science Science NAEP Gains by Subject Since 2009-USA and AZ School Districts

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4th grade 8th grade 4th grade 8th Grade 4th Grade 8th Grade math math reading reading Science Science NAEP Gains by Subject Since 2009-USA, Arizona District and Arizona Statewide

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4th grade 8th grade 4th grade 8th Grade 4th Grade 8th Grade math math reading reading Science Science NAEP Gains Since 2009- USA, AZ District, AZ Statewide and AZ Charter Students 30

21 19 18

10 11 11 10 7 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 2 3 4 4 2 0 1 0

4th grade 8th grade 4th grade 8th Grade 4th Grade 8th Grade math math reading reading Science Science NAEP 8th Grade Math Scores for Anglo Students, NAEP 2017 8th Grade Math Scores for Hispanic 2017-AZ Charters and the Top 10 states Students-AZ Charters and Top 10 Statewide Averages Arizona 287 Arizona Charter 308 Charter

Massachusetts 303 Virginia 280

New Jersey 303 Ohio 279

Minnesota 302 Indiana 276

Colorado 298 Wyoming 275

Texas 297 Georgia 275

Virginia 297 Massachusetts 274

Nebraska 297 Texas 274

Arizona 296 Alaska 273

Wisconsin 296 Iowa 273

Maryland 295 Florida 273

285 290 295 300 305 310 265 270 275 280 285 290

Our responsibility in this hostile world is to defend successfully the concept of human freedom from every assault, ideological, economic, or military. My opinion, after a careful review of my case, compels me to judge myself as a possessor of a full and happy past, a future more rosy than our sunset tonight, and a present more clear and sparkling than the sky that now becomes my blanket.

-Senator Barry Goldwater