Title page
Contents
About This Report 3
Introduction 5
Performance Beyond the Average Score 8
Factors Associated With Higher- and Lower-Performing AI/AN Students 8
A Closer Look at Composites 13
Supplemental Resources 24
Technical Notes 25
Acknowledgments 30
Table 1. Number of participating schools with AI/AN students and number of participating AI/AN students, by grade and type of school: 2015 5
Table 2. Percentage of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students in NAEP mathematics and reading, by performance level and selected factors: 2015 9
Table 3. Percentage of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students in NAEP mathematics and reading, by performance level and selected factors: 2015 10
Table 4. Percentage of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students in NAEP reading, by performance level and selected factors: 2015 10
Table 5. Percentage of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students in NAEP mathematics, by performance level and selected factors: 2015 11
Table 6. Percentage of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students in NAEP reading, by performance level and selected factors: 2015 12
Table 7. Percentage distribution of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about reading about cultures described a person like them, by grade and... 14
Table 8. Percentage distribution of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about engagement at school described a person like them, by grade and... 16
Table 9. Percentage distribution of eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which they agreed with survey statements about effort in school, by school type/density: 2015 18
Table 10. Percentage distribution of fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the frequency of their exposure to Native languages, by grade and school type/density: 2015 20
Table 11. Percentage distribution of eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the amount of their cultural knowledge, by school type/density: 2015 21
Table TN-1. Average scores in NAEP mathematics and reading at selected percentiles for fourth- and eighth-grade AI/AN students: 2015 25
Table TN-2. Sum scores for the composite variable Interest in Reading About Cultures, by composite category: 2015 26
Figure 1. Percentages and average scores in NAEP mathematics for fourth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about reading about cultures described a person like them: 2015 15
Figure 2. Percentages and average scores in NAEP reading for fourth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about reading about cultures described a person like them: 2015 15
Figure 3. Percentages and average scores in NAEP mathematics for eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about reading about cultures described a person like them: 2015 15
Figure 4. Percentages and average scores in NAEP reading for eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about reading about cultures described a person like them: 2015 15
Figure 5. Percentages and average scores in NAEP mathematics for fourth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about engagement at school described a person like them: 2015 17
Figure 6. Percentages and average scores in NAEP reading for fourth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about engagement at school described a person like them: 2015 17
Figure 7. Percentages and average scores in NAEP mathematics for eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about engagement at school described a person like them: 2015 17
Figure 8. Percentages and average scores in NAEP reading for eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which survey statements about engagement at school described a person like them: 2015 17
Figure 9. Percentages and average scores in NAEP mathematics for eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which they agreed with survey statements about effort in school: 2015 19
Figure 10. Percentages and average scores in NAEP reading for eighth-grade AI/AN students who reported on the extent to which they agreed with survey statements about effort in school: 2015 19
Figure 11a. Percentage of fourth-grade AI/AN students who had the highest level of interest in reading about cultures, by exposure to Native languages: 2015 22
Figure 11b. Percentage of fourth-grade AI/AN students who had the lowest level of interest in reading about cultures, by exposure to Native languages: 2015 22
Figure 12a. Percentage of eighth-grade AI/AN students who had the highest level of cultural knowledge, by exposure to Native languages: 2015 23
Figure 12b. Percentage of eighth-grade AI/AN students who had the lowest level of cultural knowledge, by exposure to Native languages: 2015 23