NAEP Mathematics -- Average mathematics scale scores, grade 8 public schools: By state, 1990

Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics

Average mathematics scale scores, grade 8 public schools: By state, 1990–2003


		Accommodations not permitted								Accommodations permitted
		Accommodations not permitted								Accommodations permitted
		1990		1992		1996		2000		2000		2003
Nation (Public)	¹	262	*	267	*	271	*	274		272	*	276
Alabama		253	,*	252	,*	257	*	262		264		262
Alaska		—		—		278		—		—		279
Arizona		260	,*	265	,*	268		271		269		271
Arkansas		256	,*	256	,*	262	*	261	*	257	,*	266
California		256	,*	261	,*	263		262	*	260	,*	267
Colorado		267	,*	272	,*	276	,*	—		—		283
Connecticut		270	,*	274	,*	280	,*	282		281		284
Delaware		261	,*	263	,*	267	,*	—		—		277
Florida		255	,*	260	,*	264	,*	—		—		271
Georgia		259	,*	259	,*	262	,*	266		265	,*	270
Hawaii		251	,*	257	,*	262	,*	263		262	*	266
Idaho		271	,*	275	,*	—		278		277	*	280
Illinois		261	,*	—		—		277		275		277
Indiana		267	,*	270	,*	276	,*	283		281		281
Iowa		278	,*	283		284		—		—		284
Kansas		—		—		—		284		283		284
Kentucky		257	,*	262	,*	267	,*	272		270	,*	274
Louisiana		246	,*	250	,*	252	,*	259	,*	259	,*	266
Maine		—		279	,*	284		284		281		282
Maryland		261	,*	265	,*	270	,*	276		272	,*	278
Massachusetts		—		273	,*	278	,*	283	*	279	,*	287
Michigan		264	,*	267	,*	277		278		277		276
Minnesota		275	,*	282	,*	284	,*	288		287	*	291
Mississippi		—		246	,*	250	,*	254	,*	254	,*	261
Missouri		—		271	,*	273	,*	274	,*	271	,*	279
Montana		280	,*	—		283		287		285		286
Nebraska		276	,*	278	,*	283		281		280		282
Nevada		—		—		—		268		265	,*	268
New Hampshire		273	,*	278	,*	—		—		—		286
New Jersey		270	,*	272	,*	—		—		—		281
New Mexico		256	,*	260	,*	262		260		259	,*	263
New York		261	,*	266	,*	270	,*	276		271	,*	280
North Carolina		250	,*	258	,*	268	,*	280		276	,*	281
North Dakota		281	,*	283	,*	284	,*	283	,*	282	,*	287
Ohio		264	,*	268	,*	—		283		281		282
Oklahoma		263	,*	268	,*	—		272		270		272
Oregon		271	,*	—		276	,*	281		280		281
Pennsylvania		266	,*	271	,*	—		—		—		279
Rhode Island		260	,*	266	,*	269	,*	273		269	*	272
South Carolina		—		261	,*	261	,*	266	,*	265	,*	277
South Dakota		—		—		—		—		—		285
Tennessee		—		259	,*	263	,*	263		262	,*	268
Texas		258	,*	265	,*	270	,*	275		273		277
Utah		—		274	,*	277	,*	275	,*	274	,*	281
Vermont		—		—		279	,*	283		281	,*	286
Virginia		264	,*	268	,*	270	,*	277	*	275	,*	282
Washington		—		—		276	,*	—		—		281
West Virginia		256	,*	259	,*	265	,*	271		266	,*	271
Wisconsin		274	,*	278	,*	283		—		—		284
Wyoming		272	,*	275	,*	275	,*	277	,*	276	,*	284

Other Jurisdictions
District of Columbia		231	^,*	235	^,*	233	^,*	234	^,*	235	^,*	243
DDESS	²	—		—		269	^,*	277		274	^,*	282
DoDDS	³	—		—		275	^,*	278	^,*	278	^,*	286

— Not available.
* Significantly different from 2003 when only one jurisdiction or the nation is being examined.
** Significantly different from 2003 when using a multiple-comparison procedure based on all jurisdictions that participated both years.
¹ National results that are presented for assessments prior to 2003 are based on the national sample, not on aggregated state assessment samples.
² Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools.
³ Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas).
NOTE: Comparative performance results may be affected by changes in exclusion rates for students with disabilities and limited-English-proficient students in the NAEP samples.
In addition to allowing for accommodations, the accommodations-permitted results for national public schools (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), 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2003 Mathematics Assessments.

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Major Findings

Of the 42 states and jurisdictions that participated in both the 2000 and 2003 assessments, 28 had higher average scores in 2003, and none showed a decline.
All 38 states and jurisdictions that participated in both 1990 and 2003 had a higher average score in 2003.

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Average mathematics scale scores, grade 8 public schools: By state, 1990–2003

Major Findings

Last updated 21 October 2003 (SW)