Higher percentages of eighth-graders who were eligible for either free or reduced-price lunch through the National School Lunch Program performed at or above Basic and at or above Proficient in 2011 than in any of the previous assessment years.
Read specific descriptions of what eighth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced mathematics achievement levels.
Read more information on how to interpret NAEP mathematics results, including how each student group is defined.