National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scores, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of parental education: Selected years, 1982 through 2008

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Table 12b.	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scores, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of parental education: Selected years, 1982 through 2008

Sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of parental education	13-year-olds
	1982	1986	1990	1992	1994	1996	1999	2004	2008
Total	269	269	270	273	274	274	276	281	281
Sex
Male	269	270	271	274	276	276	277	283	284
Female	268	268	270	272	273	272	274	279	279

Race/ethnicity
White	274	274	276	279	281	281	283	289	290
Black	240	249	249	250	252	252	251	261	262
Hispanic	252	254	255	259	256	256	259	264	268
Asian/Pacific Islander	280	290	274	286	286	282	286	299	304
American Indian/Alaska Native	257	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	274

Highest level of parental education
Less than high school	251	252	253	256	255	254	256	262	268
Graduated high school	263	263	263	263	266	267	264	271	272
Some college	275	274	277	278	277	277	279	283	285
College graduate	282	280	280	283	285	283	286	292	291

	17-year-olds
	1982	1986	1990	1992	1994	1996	1999	2004	2008
Total	298	302	305	307	306	307	308	307	306

Sex
Male	301	305	306	309	309	310	310	308	309
Female	296	299	303	305	304	305	307	305	303

Race/ethnicity
White	304	308	309	312	312	313	315	313	314
Black	272	279	289	286	286	286	283	286	287
Hispanic	277	283	284	292	291	292	293	289	293
Asian/Pacific Islander	313	316	311	320	317	313	320	320	321
American Indian/Alaska Native	297	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	305

Highest level of parental education
Less than high school	279	279	285	285	284	281	289	287	292
Graduated high school	293	293	294	298	295	297	299	295	296
Some college	304	305	308	308	305	307	308	306	306
College graduate	312	314	316	316	318	317	317	317	316

‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. The NAEP Long-Term Trend mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1982–2008 Long-term Trend Mathematics Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.