Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 science, by how often students do hands-on science activities, race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year	Jurisdiction	Race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported	Never or hardly ever		Once or twice a month		Once or twice a week		Every day or almost every day
Year	Jurisdiction	Race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. The NAEP Science scale ranges from 0 to 300. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Science Assessments.
2011	National	White	155	2	161	25	165	56	166	17
2011	National	Black	116	4	126	27	131	55	132	15
2011	National	Hispanic	131	2	133	24	139	59	141	15
2011	National	Asian/Pacific Islander	124	1	155	22	163	59	163	18
2011	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	139	5	139	33	144	49	142	13
2011	National	Two or more races	‡	2	148	25	159	56	161	16
2009	National	White	153	2	159	24	163	56	165	18
2009	National	Black	115	3	122	27	128	54	131	16
2009	National	Hispanic	127	3	128	27	134	55	137	15
2009	National	Asian/Pacific Islander	136	1	156	19	161	61	166	19
2009	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	125	5	137	33	140	47	137	14
2009	National	Two or more races	‡	2	152	25	151	56	157	17