NAEP Achievement Gaps - 2011 Table 8

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2011 Black-White Achievement Gap Reports

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Table 8. Difference in Black-White student achievement and achievement gap in grade 8 mathematics from the 0-20 percent Black student density category, by Black student density category: 2011

Black-White student achievement and achievement gap
	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	-3	*	1.3	-10	*	2.1
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category	-4	*	1.6	-4	*	1.9	-10	*	1.3
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category	#		†	-1		2.3	#		†

Black-White student achievement and achievement gap accounting for socioeconomic status
	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	-1		0.9	#		†	-4		2.0
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category	-3		1.7	-3		1.9	-7	*	1.5
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category	-1		1.7	-3		2.0	-3		2.1

Black-White student achievement and achievement gap accounting for student, teacher, and school characteristics
	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	1		0.8	4	*	1.4	2		2.0
Black student difference in mean from 0-20 category	#		†	#		†	-3	*	1.3
Difference in Black-White gap from 0-20 category	-1		1.4	-4	*	1.9	-5	*	2.1
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
*Statistically different from zero (p<=.05).
NOTE: "Black student 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)