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Scores for male and female students increased in 2007 at both grades 4 and 8.

Grade 4
 Grade 8

Trend in fourth-grade NAEP mathematics achievement-level performance, by gender

  Key. Accommodations not permitted. Top bar percent at Advanced. Middle bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic. Accommodations permitted. Top bar percent at Advanced. Middle bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic.

 

Findings

  • The percentages of both male and female students performing at or above Basic and Proficient were higher in 2007 than in previous assessments.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: View complete data with standard errors.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1990–2007 Mathematics Assessments.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

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