Average scale scores and percentages for age 17 long-term trend mathematics, by highest level of mathematics course taken and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1986, 1982, and 1978
YearJurisdictionGen math or pre-algAlgebraGeometryAlgebra 2CalculusOther
Average scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard Error
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Original assessment format.
NOTE: 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. 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), 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.
2012National263(3.6)2(0.2)272(1.5)5(0.3)290(1.3)15(0.6)305(1.0)54(1.0)334(0.8)23(1.0)279(3.5)1(0.1)
2008National270(1.9)3(0.4)280(1.1)7(0.4)295(0.8)17(0.6)307(0.7)52(0.9)333(0.8)19(0.7)281(3.1)1(0.1)
2004¹National270(2.6)4(0.4)282(1.4)9(0.7)296(1.1)16(0.9)310(0.7)53(1.1)336(1.6)17(1.2)(†)1(0.2)
1999¹National278(2.8)7(0.6)285(1.7)11(0.8)298(1.2)16(0.9)315(0.8)51(1.2)341(1.4)13(1.0)277(3.1)2(0.4)
1996¹National269(1.9)8(0.6)283(1.3)12(1.0)298(1.3)16(1.0)316(1.3)50(1.6)339(1.7)13(1.1)(†)1(0.2)
1994¹National272(1.2)9(1.1)288(1.4)15(0.9)297(1.7)15(0.8)316(1.0)47(1.6)340(2.2)13(1.2)(†)2(0.2)
1992¹National271(1.6)13(1.1)289(1.1)14(0.8)301(1.6)17(0.9)320(0.7)45(1.6)343(1.7)10(0.8)280(4.9)2(0.4)
1990¹National273(1.1)15(0.9)288(1.2)15(0.6)299(1.5)15(0.8)319(1.0)44(1.2)344(2.6)8(0.8)274(3.5)2(0.3)
1986¹National272(0.8)18(0.8)286(1.0)18(0.8)301(1.3)16(1.0)320(1.1)40(1.2)343(2.7)7(0.6)276(4.3)2(0.3)
1982¹National268(0.9)22(1.2)287(1.0)16(0.7)301(0.9)14(0.8)318(0.8)39(1.4)329(1.7)5(0.5)276(1.8)3(0.2)
1978¹National267(0.8)20(1.0)286(0.7)17(0.6)307(0.7)16(0.6)321(0.7)37(1.2)334(1.4)6(0.4)274(1.6)4(0.2)