Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 science, by how often student does science activities that are not for schoolwork and jurisdiction: 2011
Year	Jurisdiction	Strongly disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly agree
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. 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), 2011 Science Assessment.
2011	National	146	25	153	46	157	25	162	4
2011	National public	145	26	152	46	156	25	160	4
2011	Alabama	135	28	143	44	144	25	149	3
2011	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2011	Arizona	138	28	146	47	149	22	160	3
2011	Arkansas	144	29	148	45	153	22	157	3
2011	California	136	26	142	45	148	24	150	5
2011	Colorado	154	21	161	48	166	27	178	3
2011	Connecticut	148	27	156	46	161	23	169	3
2011	Delaware	145	28	151	43	155	25	162	4
2011	District of Columbia	114	31	117	36	111	26	110	7
2011	DoDEA	155	23	159	45	167	28	‡	4
2011	Florida	145	29	149	44	154	23	147	4
2011	Georgia	146	26	152	44	154	25	162	4
2011	Hawaii	140	22	144	42	145	31	147	4
2011	Idaho	152	26	159	43	164	27	179	4
2011	Illinois	140	24	148	50	153	23	168	4
2011	Indiana	148	27	153	46	158	23	168	4
2011	Iowa	149	23	157	46	164	26	167	5
2011	Kansas	150	28	158	45	160	24	164	4
2011	Kentucky	152	28	157	45	163	24	162	3
2011	Louisiana	142	31	143	44	147	22	138	4
2011	Maine	155	25	160	44	165	28	168	4
2011	Maryland	144	29	154	45	159	22	164	4
2011	Massachusetts	152	27	164	47	167	22	176	4
2011	Michigan	151	26	159	47	162	24	165	4
2011	Minnesota	153	22	162	48	167	26	174	4
2011	Mississippi	135	28	139	42	140	27	131	4
2011	Missouri	151	27	158	45	160	25	156	3
2011	Montana	158	22	162	47	169	27	173	4
2011	Nebraska	150	25	157	44	163	28	167	4
2011	Nevada	140	24	146	46	148	26	151	3
2011	New Hampshire	155	27	163	46	169	23	173	4
2011	New Jersey	149	23	157	49	158	24	169	4
2011	New Mexico	142	27	144	43	150	25	153	4
2011	New York	143	23	151	47	154	26	159	4
2011	North Carolina	144	23	149	45	151	27	153	5
2011	North Dakota	159	25	163	46	171	26	‡	3
2011	Ohio	151	25	159	44	164	26	171	4
2011	Oklahoma	145	27	150	47	152	23	‡	3
2011	Oregon	148	25	157	47	161	25	170	3
2011	Pennsylvania	145	27	154	45	157	25	160	3
2011	Rhode Island	146	28	151	47	154	22	162	3
2011	South Carolina	145	25	150	45	152	27	148	3
2011	South Dakota	156	24	162	46	168	26	167	4
2011	Tennessee	146	28	152	46	153	23	156	3
2011	Texas	149	25	153	45	158	27	165	3
2011	Utah	152	23	162	43	169	31	174	3
2011	Vermont	155	23	164	47	170	26	171	4
2011	Virginia	153	27	160	45	166	25	172	4
2011	Washington	154	29	158	44	158	22	163	4
2011	West Virginia	143	25	150	46	154	25	154	4
2011	Wisconsin	151	23	160	46	163	26	168	4
2011	Wyoming	155	23	160	44	164	28	172	5