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National Trends in Mathematics by Average Scale Scores

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KEY FINDINGS
  • Nine-year-olds. The average mathematics score of 241 was higher in 2004 than in any previous assessment year.
  • Thirteen-year-olds. The average score in 2004 was higher than in any other assessment year.
  • Seventeen-year-olds. The average score in 2004 did not show a significant change when compared to the score in either 1973 or 1999.

Trends in average mathematics scale scores for students ages 9, 13, and 17: 1973–2004 click for additional information

Trends in average mathematics scale scores for students ages 9, 13, and 17: Selected years, 1973–2004

View data with standard errors for age 9, age 13, and age 17.

* Significantly different from 2004.
NOTE: Dashed lines represent extrapolated data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1973–2004 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.

View the trends in mathematics scale scores at selected percentiles.

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Last updated 06 July 2005 (RF)