Table A-14-2. Average mathematics scale scores on the long-term trend National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: Various years, 1973 through 2008
|
| Age, sex, and race/ethnicity |
1973 |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1999 |
2004 |
20041 |
20081 |
| 9-year-olds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
219 |
219 |
219 |
222 |
230 |
230 |
231 |
231 |
232 |
241 |
239 |
243 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
218 |
217 |
217 |
222 |
229 |
231 |
232 |
233 |
233 |
243 |
240 |
242 |
| Female |
220 |
220 |
221 |
222 |
230 |
228 |
230 |
229 |
231 |
240 |
239 |
243 |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
225 |
224 |
224 |
227 |
235 |
235 |
237 |
237 |
239 |
247 |
245 |
250 |
| Black |
190 |
192 |
195 |
202 |
208 |
208 |
212 |
212 |
211 |
224 |
221 |
224 |
| Hispanic |
202 |
203 |
204 |
205 |
214 |
212 |
210 |
215 |
213 |
230 |
229 |
234 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 13-year-olds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
266 |
264 |
269 |
269 |
270 |
273 |
274 |
274 |
276 |
281 |
279 |
281 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
265 |
264 |
269 |
270 |
271 |
274 |
276 |
276 |
277 |
283 |
279 |
284 |
| Female |
267 |
265 |
268 |
268 |
270 |
272 |
273 |
272 |
274 |
279 |
278 |
279 |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
274 |
272 |
274 |
274 |
276 |
279 |
281 |
281 |
283 |
288 |
287 |
290 |
| Black |
228 |
230 |
240 |
249 |
249 |
250 |
252 |
252 |
251 |
262 |
257 |
262 |
| Hispanic |
239 |
238 |
252 |
254 |
255 |
259 |
256 |
256 |
259 |
265 |
264 |
268 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 17-year-olds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
304 |
300 |
298 |
302 |
305 |
307 |
306 |
307 |
308 |
307 |
305 |
306 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
309 |
304 |
301 |
305 |
306 |
309 |
309 |
310 |
310 |
308 |
307 |
309 |
| Female |
301 |
297 |
296 |
299 |
303 |
305 |
304 |
305 |
307 |
305 |
304 |
303 |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
310 |
306 |
304 |
308 |
309 |
312 |
312 |
313 |
315 |
313 |
311 |
314 |
| Black |
270 |
268 |
272 |
279 |
289 |
286 |
286 |
286 |
283 |
285 |
284 |
287 |
| Hispanic |
277 |
276 |
277 |
283 |
284 |
292 |
291 |
292 |
293 |
289 |
292 |
293 |
| 1 Scores for the revised assessment format. This format reflects the inclusion of and accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners. |
| NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NAEP scores range from 0 to 500. For more information on race/ethnicity, see supplemental note 1; for more information on NAEP, see supplemental note 4. SOURCE: Rampey, B.D., Dion, G.S., and Donahue, P.L. (2009). NAEP 2008 Trends in Academic Progress in Reading and Mathematics (NCES 2009-479). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC. |
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