Table 15. Percentage distribution of 8th-graders and percentage at or above Basic on the NAEP mathematics assessment, by race/ethnicity and number of days absent from school in the past month: 2005

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Table 15.

Percentage distribution of 8th-graders and percentage at or above Basic on the NAEP mathematics assessment, by race/ethnicity and number of days absent from school in the past month: 2005

Race/ethnicity	Total	No absences	1-2 absences	3 or more absences
	Percentage distribution
Total ¹	100	45	34	21
White	100	44	36	20
Black	100	44	31	25
Hispanic	100	42	34	24
Asian/Pacific Islander	100	62	26	12
American Indian/Alaska Native	100	34	36	30

	Percentage at or above Basic
Total ¹	69	75	71	56
White	80	85	81	69
Black	42	49	43	30
Hispanic	52	58	52	40
Asian/Pacific Islander	81	86	81	64
American Indian/Alaska Native	53	62	56	41
¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. 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), 2005 Mathematics Assessment, NAEP Data Explorer.