Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 science, by how much student likes science, race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year
Jurisdiction
Race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
Average scale score
Percentage
Average scale score
Percentage
Average scale score
Percentage
Average scale score
Percentage
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
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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
148
10
156
19
165
50
175
20
2011
National
Black
120
16
124
20
131
46
141
19
2011
National
Hispanic
124
13
129
21
140
50
151
16
2011
National
Asian/Pacific Islander
137
8
150
17
162
56
176
19
2011
National
American Indian/Alaska Native
126
14
138
19
146
52
150
15
2011
National
Two or more races
139
14
147
18
159
47
170
21
2009
National
White
146
12
156
20
164
49
174
18
2009
National
Black
117
17
123
21
129
45
135
17
2009
National
Hispanic
120
15
128
23
137
48
144
14
2009
National
Asian/Pacific Islander
141
8
153
19
161
56
174
18
2009
National
American Indian/Alaska Native
124
12
131
19
140
52
153
16
2009
National
Two or more races
141
14
147
19
153
50
163
18