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Average Mathematics Scale Scores by Race/Ethnicity: 1990-2000

Significantly different from 2000.
NOTE: Sample size was insufficient to permit a reliable estimate for grade 12 American Indian students in 1990 and 1992. Special analyses raised concerns about the accuracy and precision of national grade 8 Asian/Pacific Islander results in 1996, and grade 4 Asian/Pacific Islander results in 2000. As a result, they are omitted from these figures.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2000 Mathematics Assessments.

Major Findings

• At grade 4, white, black, and Hispanic students' average scores in 2000 were higher than in 1990 or 1992.
• At grade 8, the average score for white students was higher in 2000 than in the three previous assessment years. The average scores for black and Hispanic students were higher in 2000 than in 1990 or 1992.
• At grade 12, only white students had a higher average score in 2000 than in 1990. The apparent gains made by students in the other racial/ethnic subgroups were not statistically significant.

See the trends in score gaps between white and black students, and between white and Hispanic students.

See national mathematics achievement-level results by race/ethnicity for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

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Last updated 29 July 2001 (CLH)