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Average mathematics scale scores, by type of school, grades 4 and 8: 1990–2003

* Significantly different from 2003.
NOTE: In addition to allowing for accommodations, the accommodations-permitted results (1996–2003) differ slightly from previous years' results and from previously reported results for 1996 and 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), 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2003 Mathematics Assessments.   

Major Findings

• In 2003, public-school students scored lower on average than non-public-school students at both grades 4 and 8.
• Fourth- and eighth-graders attending public and nonpublic schools had significantly higher average scores in 2003 than in 1990 and 2000.
• Fourth- and eighth-graders attending Catholic or other nonpublic schools had a significantly higher average score in 2003 than in 1990 and 2000.

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

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Last updated 20 October 2003 (SW)