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
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
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