Average scale scores and percentages for age 13 long-term trend mathematics, by type of mathematics class this year, race/ethnicity, 4 categories and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, and 1986
Race/ethnicity (4 categories)
Year
Jurisdiction
Not taking math
Regular math
Pre-algebra
Algebra
Other
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Original assessment format.
NOTE: Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. The NAEP Long-Term Trend Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 500. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
statistically significant
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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), 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.
White
2012
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
279
(1.3)
27
(1.5)
288
(1.6)
33
(1.7)
307
(1.3)
32
(1.6)
305
(3.2)
7
(0.7)
White
2008
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.1)
275
(1.4)
30
(1.7)
291
(1.1)
34
(1.2)
308
(1.2)
29
(1.3)
289
(2.9)
6
(0.4)
White
2004¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
276
(1.2)
32
(2.3)
290
(1.0)
34
(1.8)
304
(1.3)
28
(1.4)
286
(5.0)
5
(0.5)
White
1999¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
272
(1.1)
36
(1.9)
286
(1.1)
35
(1.7)
301
(1.8)
22
(1.4)
285
(3.0)
6
(0.6)
White
1996¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
270
(1.4)
38
(2.5)
282
(1.1)
36
(2.2)
300
(1.5)
22
(1.3)
287
(6.2)
4
(0.7)
White
1994¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
271
(1.0)
42
(1.8)
284
(1.2)
34
(1.5)
300
(1.7)
20
(1.6)
282
(4.0)
4
(0.3)
White
1992¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
270
(1.0)
50
(1.8)
285
(1.0)
28
(1.5)
301
(1.4)
18
(1.2)
270
(4.1)
5
(0.5)
White
1990¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
268
(1.0)
56
(1.9)
285
(1.3)
24
(1.4)
302
(1.4)
15
(1.2)
270
(4.2)
4
(0.5)
White
1986¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.1)
264
(1.1)
61
(3.5)
284
(1.4)
19
(2.1)
302
(1.8)
16
(2.3)
270
(4.6)
4
(0.6)
Black
2012
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
255
(2.7)
31
(2.3)
262
(2.1)
28
(2.5)
280
(3.2)
32
(2.3)
261
(5.3)
9
(1.0)
Black
2008
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
256
(2.4)
31
(2.9)
264
(1.7)
34
(2.8)
271
(2.2)
27
(1.9)
255
(4.6)
7
(0.9)
Black
2004¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
253
(2.1)
38
(2.5)
266
(2.2)
29
(3.0)
275
(2.7)
26
(2.9)
‡
(†)
6
(1.2)
Black
1999¹
National
‡
(†)
2
(1.2)
244
(2.8)
36
(2.9)
257
(2.9)
35
(3.8)
260
(2.8)
21
(2.0)
‡
(†)
6
(1.3)
Black
1996¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.4)
244
(1.3)
43
(3.8)
258
(2.0)
34
(3.1)
271
(4.1)
16
(1.5)
‡
(†)
6
(1.3)
Black
1994¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.3)
246
(2.2)
47
(5.4)
256
(3.9)
26
(3.8)
268
(7.8)
22
(3.9)
‡
(†)
5
(1.6)
Black
1992¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
243
(2.2)
56
(2.8)
261
(1.8)
27
(2.7)
274
(5.3)
13
(2.0)
‡
(†)
3
(0.7)
Black
1990¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.4)
244
(1.8)
62
(4.3)
259
(2.6)
18
(3.2)
273
(5.6)
12
(2.2)
‡
(†)
7
(2.2)
Black
1986¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
245
(1.5)
65
(3.7)
260
(2.4)
15
(1.6)
281
(4.0)
12
(2.8)
242
(6.3)
6
(0.8)
Hispanic
2012
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.2)
261
(1.6)
32
(3.2)
271
(2.3)
23
(1.5)
283
(1.6)
35
(2.5)
268
(4.2)
9
(0.7)
Hispanic
2008
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.3)
260
(1.9)
33
(3.1)
267
(2.1)
29
(2.5)
280
(2.2)
30
(2.3)
265
(3.3)
7
(0.8)
Hispanic
2004¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.4)
255
(2.8)
33
(3.4)
272
(2.9)
30
(2.2)
277
(3.4)
30
(2.6)
‡
(†)
7
(0.9)
Hispanic
1999¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.4)
256
(2.0)
48
(3.4)
266
(3.4)
25
(3.3)
274
(4.9)
15
(1.2)
‡
(†)
10
(1.3)
Hispanic
1996¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.2)
250
(2.2)
49
(3.5)
262
(2.4)
31
(3.7)
270
(4.4)
14
(1.1)
‡
(†)
5
(1.2)
Hispanic
1994¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.4)
253
(1.9)
54
(2.4)
259
(2.2)
25
(2.5)
279
(6.2)
13
(1.9)
‡
(†)
6
(1.5)
Hispanic
1992¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.0)
257
(1.8)
63
(2.7)
263
(3.8)
23
(2.3)
‡
(†)
11
(2.0)
‡
(†)
3
(0.9)
Hispanic
1990¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.0)
251
(2.1)
64
(4.2)
268
(3.3)
20
(3.5)
‡
(†)
10
(1.3)
‡
(†)
6
(1.3)
Hispanic
1986¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(†)
250
(2.4)
56
(3.5)
265
(4.2)
19
(3.2)
279
(6.7)
14
(2.8)
‡
(†)
10
(2.7)
Other
2012
National
‡
(†)
#
(†)
272
(4.3)
17
(3.1)
290
(4.9)
19
(1.9)
318
(3.3)
45
(3.6)
320
(6.5)
18
(2.2)
Other
2008
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.4)
271
(2.5)
24
(2.8)
292
(3.2)
26
(2.1)
311
(2.6)
40
(3.1)
‡
(†)
10
(1.5)
Other
2004¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(†)
272
(5.4)
21
(3.7)
284
(4.0)
27
(2.8)
312
(4.9)
39
(3.4)
‡
(†)
12
(3.1)
Other
1999¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.1)
‡
(†)
27
(3.3)
281
(4.7)
29
(3.5)
298
(4.8)
36
(4.4)
‡
(†)
7
(1.8)
Other
1996¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(†)
265
(4.5)
29
(3.9)
284
(5.2)
38
(4.5)
302
(6.3)
25
(2.6)
‡
(†)
7
(2.3)
Other
1994¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.2)
270
(4.2)
37
(3.7)
284
(4.0)
27
(2.8)
305
(4.7)
27
(3.3)
‡
(†)
9
(2.3)
Other
1992¹
National
‡
(†)
1
(0.7)
268
(4.1)
36
(5.6)
278
(5.0)
27
(4.3)
305
(4.4)
29
(3.0)
‡
(†)
8
(2.9)
Other
1990¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(0.2)
262
(5.8)
46
(11.3)
281
(5.6)
26
(3.5)
‡
(†)
23
(7.3)
‡
(†)
4
(1.9)
Other
1986¹
National
‡
(†)
#
(†)
273
(3.3)
43
(4.8)
‡
(†)
25
(5.7)
‡
(†)
20
(4.7)
‡
(†)
12
(3.9)