Average scores in NAEP writing for eighth-grade students, by gender and race/ethnicity: 2007
Race/ethnicity
Male
Female
White
153
175
Black
132
150
Hispanic
133
150
Asian/Pacific Islander
159
177
American Indian/Alaska Native
132
153
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. View complete data with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Writing Assessment.
