Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 writing, by time spent writing a paragraph or more in English/language arts class, race/ethnicity using 2011 guidelines, school-reported and jurisdiction: 2011
Year	Jurisdiction	Race/ethnicity using 2011 guidelines, school-reported	I don't take this class		0 minutes		Up to 15 minutes		Between 15 and 30 minutes		Between 30 and 60 minutes		More than 60 minutes
Year	Jurisdiction	Race/ethnicity using 2011 guidelines, school-reported	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
# Rounds to zero. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. The NAEP Writing 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 Writing Assessment.
2011	National	White	124	1	150	3	155	33	160	41	163	20	160	3
2011	National	Black	101	2	122	2	130	29	134	40	136	22	131	6
2011	National	Hispanic	94	2	125	2	135	27	138	41	141	23	132	5
2011	National	Asian	‡	1	‡	2	161	23	165	39	171	29	162	6
2011	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	2	‡	4	‡	19	‡	46	‡	27	‡	1
2011	National	Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	‡	#	‡	2	‡	30	‡	31	‡	26	‡	11
2011	National	Two or more races	‡	#	‡	3	152	34	157	40	161	21	‡	3