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Science Student Groups

 

Exploring results for specific student groups provides additional context for the overall Mega-State results. The tables below show a comparison between public schools nationally and the five Mega-States.

The tables can be re-sorted to make additional comparisons, as follows:

  • Click on any "sort" button to order the Mega-States and the nation numerically by the data in that column.
  • Click on a jurisdiction to see how other jurisdictions compare in terms of statistical significance.

Grade 4
Grade 8

  Students attending city schools in Florida and Texas scored higher than their peers in the nation in 2009 and city school students in New York, California, and Illinois scored lower.

Average scale scores for fourth-graders in NAEP science, by jurisdiction and type of school location: 2009

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X Not significantly different from selected jurisdiction