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Average Mathematics Scale Scores by State at Grade 8 Public Schools: 1990-2000

    2000
Average scale score		 Change from 1996
average scale score		 Change from 1992
average scale score		 Change from 1990
average scale score
Nation   274 4 * 8 * 13 *
Alabama   262 6   10 Double Cross Symbol 9 Double Cross Symbol
Arizona † 271 3   5 Double Cross Symbol 11 Double Cross Symbol
Arkansas   261 Triangle Symbol   5 Double Cross Symbol 5 Double Cross Symbol
California † 262 -1   1   6 Double Cross Symbol
Connecticut   282 2   8 Double Cross Symbol 12 Double Cross Symbol
Georgia   266 4   7 Double Cross Symbol 7 Double Cross Symbol
Hawaii   263 1   5 Double Cross Symbol 12 Double Cross Symbol
Idaho † 278 --   3   6 Double Cross Symbol
Illinois † 277 --   --   16 Double Cross Symbol
Indiana † 283 8 Double Cross Symbol 13 Double Cross Symbol 16 Double Cross Symbol
Kansas † 284 --   --   --  
Kentucky   272 5 Double Cross Symbol 9 Double Cross Symbol 14 Double Cross Symbol
Louisiana   259 7 Double Cross Symbol 9 Double Cross Symbol 13 Double Cross Symbol
Maine † 284 Triangle Symbol   5 Double Cross Symbol --  
Maryland   276 6 Double Cross Symbol 11 Double Cross Symbol 15 Double Cross Symbol
Massachusetts   283 6 Double Cross Symbol 10 Double Cross Symbol --  
Michigan † 278 2   11 Double Cross Symbol 14 Double Cross Symbol
Minnesota † 288 4   5 Double Cross Symbol 12 Double Cross Symbol
Mississippi   254 4 * 8 Double Cross Symbol --  
Missouri   274 Triangle Symbol   2   --  
Montana † 287 4 * --   6 Double Cross Symbol
Nebraska   281 -2   3   5 Double Cross Symbol
Nevada   268 --   --   --  
New Mexico   260 -2   Triangle Symbol   3  
New York † 276 6 * 10 Double Cross Symbol 15 Double Cross Symbol
North Carolina   280 12 Double Cross Symbol 22 Double Cross Symbol 30 Double Cross Symbol
North Dakota   283 -1   Triangle Symbol   2  
Ohio   283 --   15 Double Cross Symbol 19 Double Cross Symbol
Oklahoma   272 --   4   8 Double Cross Symbol
Oregon † 281 4   --   9 Double Cross Symbol
Rhode Island   273 5 Double Cross Symbol 8 Double Cross Symbol 13 Double Cross Symbol
South Carolina   266 6 Double Cross Symbol 6 Double Cross Symbol --  
Tennessee   263 Triangle Symbol   5 * --  
Texas   275 5 * 10 Double Cross Symbol 17 Double Cross Symbol
Utah   275 -1   1   --  
Vermont † 283 4 Double Cross Symbol --   --  
Virginia   277 7 Double Cross Symbol 9 Double Cross Symbol 12 Double Cross Symbol
West Virginia   271 6 Double Cross Symbol 12 Double Cross Symbol 15 Double Cross Symbol
Wyoming   277 2   2   5 Double Cross Symbol
Other Jurisdictions
American Samoa   195 --   --   --  
District of Columbia   234 2   Triangle Symbol   3  
DDESS   277 8 Double Cross Symbol --   --  
DoDDS   278 3 Double Cross Symbol --   --  
Guam   233 -5   -2   2  

Table 2.2, 2000 NAEP Mathematics Report Card
* Significantly different from 2000 if only one jurisdiction or the nation is being examined.
Double Cross image Significantly different from 2000 when examining only one jurisdiction and when using a multiple-comparison procedure based on all jurisdictions that participated both years.
† Indicates that the jurisdiction did not meet one or more of the guidelines for school participation.
-- Indicates that the jurisdiction did not participate.
Triangle image Difference is between -0.5 and 0.5.
DDESS: Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools.
DoDDS: Department of Defense Dependent Schools (Overseas).
NOTE: National results are based on the national sample, not an aggregate state assessment sample.
Comparative performance results may be affected by changes in exclusion rates for students with disabilities and limited-English-proficient students in the NAEP samples.
The changes between scale scores were calculated using the unrounded average scale scores from the two assessments.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2000 Mathematics Assessments.

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Last updated 9 August 2001 (CLH)