Average science scale scores by gender, grades 4, 8, and 12 (public and nonpublic schools combined): 1996 and 2000

Significantly different from 2000.
NOTE: Results are based on administration procedures that did not permit accommodations.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1996 and 2000 Science Assessments.

Major Findings

• At grade 4, the apparent changes in average scores for male and female students between 1996 and 2000 were not statistically significant.
• At grade 8, the average score for male students was up in 2000 compared to 1996, while the apparent change in the average score for female students was not statistically significant.
• At grade 12, the average score for male students declined from 152 in 1996 to 148 in 2000; the apparent change in the average score for female students was not statistically significant.
• Males had higher scores than females in 2000 at grades 4 and 8, but the apparent difference between male and female students at grade 12 was not statistically significant.

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Last updated 15 November 2001 (CLH)