NAEP Achievement Gaps - 2011 Table 7

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Table 7. Difference in the percentage of Black and White 8^th-grade students who were National School Lunch Program (NSLP) eligible and percentage who had a parent with more than a high school education from the 0-20 percent Black student density category, by Black student density category: 2011

NSLP Eligible
	Black Student Density Category
	20-40			40-60			60-100
	Average		Standard error	Average		Standard error	Average		Standard error
White student difference in mean from 0-20 category	7	*	1.2	14	*	2.7	25	*	3.2
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category	11	*	2.0	15	*	2.0	22	*	1.6
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category	4		2.3	1		3.3	-2		3.5

Parent with more than a high school education
	Black Student Density Category
	20-40			40-60			60-100
	Average		Standard error	Average		Standard error	Average		Standard error
White student difference in mean from 0-20 category	-4	*	1.0	-8	*	1.8	-14	*	2.0
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category	-4	*	1.8	-5	*	2.0	-6	*	1.5
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category	#		†	2		2.7	8		2.5
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
*Statistically different from zero (p<=.05).
NOTE: "Density" is the percentage of students in a school who were Black (e.g., schools in the 0-20 percent category had a percentage of students who were Black between 0 and 20 percent).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Grade 8 Assessment.

Last updated 06 August 2015 (TO)