Table 16. Percentage distribution of 8th-graders and percentage at or above <em>Basic</em> on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment, by the number of days absent from school in the past month and race/ethnicity: 2009

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Table 16.

Percentage distribution of 8th-graders and percentage at or above Basic on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment, by the number of days absent from school in the past month and race/ethnicity: 2009

Race/ethnicity	Total	No absences	1–2 absences	3 or more absences
	Total	No absences	1–2 absences	3 or more absences	Percentage distribution
Total¹	100	45	35	20
White	100	44	37	19
Black	100	45	32	23
Hispanic	100	45	34	22
Asian/Pacific Islander	100	63	26	11
American Indian/Alaska Native	100	35	36	28
	Percentage at or above Basic
Total¹	73	78	74	60
White	83	87	84	73
Black	50	56	50	38
Hispanic	57	63	58	44
Asian/Pacific Islander	85	89	84	68
American Indian/Alaska Native	56	64	59	43
¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment, retrieved November 18, 2009, from the NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde).