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Average mathematics scale scores, by type of location, grades 4 and 8: 2000 and 2003

		Accommodations not permitted		Accommodations permitted
		2000		2000		2003
Grade 4
	Central city	222	*	220	*	229
	Urban fringe/large town	232	*	230	*	238
	Rural/small town	227	*	226	*	236
Grade 8
	Central city	268		266	*	271
	Urban fringe/large town	280		277	*	281
	Rural/small town	276		275	*	279

* Significantly different from 2003.
NOTE: In addition to allowing for accommodations, the accommodations-permitted results (2000 and 2003) differ slightly from previous years' results and from previously reported results for 2000, due to changes in sample weighting procedures.
Significance tests were performed using unrounded numbers. NAEP sample sizes have increased in 2003 compared to previous years, resulting in smaller detectable differences than in previous assessments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 and 2003 Mathematics Assessments.   

Major Findings

• In 2003, fourth- and eighth-graders in urban fringe/large town and rural/small town locations scored higher on average than students in central city locations.
• At both grade 4 and grade 8, the average score for students in schools in each of the three types of location increased between 2000 and 2003.

See the achievement-level results by type of school location for grade 4 and grade 8.

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Last updated 20 October 2003 (SW)