Table 4.4b. Percentage distribution of students across science achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2005

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Table 4.4b. Percentage distribution of students across science achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2005

Grade and level	Total¹	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
4th grade
Below basic	32	18	62	55	24	48
At or above basic	68	82	38	45	76	52
At or above proficient	29	40	8	11	36	14
At advanced	3	4	#	#	5	1
8th grade
Below basic	41	26	72	65	34	66
At or above basic	59	74	28	35	66	34
At or above proficient	29	39	7	10	36	12
At advanced	3	5	#	#	6	1
12th grade
Below basic	46	35	81	70	40	52
At or above basic	54	65	19	30	60	48
At or above proficient	18	24	2	5	23	13
At advanced	2	3	#	1	3	#

# Rounds to zero.

¹ Total includes race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.

NOTE: Scale score ranges from 0 to 300. For a discussion of the science achievement level definitions, please see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/achieve.asp. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Science Assessment retrieved January 30, 2008, from http://www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde.

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