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Table S-13-2. Standard errors for the 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 2004 1  2008 1 
9-year-olds                            
Total 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9   0.8  
Sex                            
Male 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0   0.9  
Female 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.0   1.0  
Race/ethnicity                            
White 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8   0.8  
Black 1.8 1.1 1.6 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.6 2.1 2.1   1.9  
Hispanic 2.4 2.2 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.0   1.2  
                             
13-year-olds                            
Total 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0   0.9  
Sex                            
Male 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.0   1.0  
Female 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2   1.0  
Race/ethnicity                            
White 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9   1.2  
Black 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.9 3.5 1.3 2.6 1.6 1.8   1.2  
Hispanic 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.9 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.7 2.0 1.5   1.2  
                             
17-year-olds                            
Total 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.7   0.6  
Sex                            
Male 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.0 0.9   0.7  
Female 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.8   0.8  
Race/ethnicity                            
White 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.7   0.7  
Black 1.3 1.3 1.2 2.1 2.8 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.4   1.2  
Hispanic 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.9 2.9 2.6 3.7 2.1 2.5 1.8 1.2   1.1  
1 Scores for the revised assessment format. This format provided for the inclusion of and accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners.
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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