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Grade 8 National Results

View student performance by various student groups, including gender, race/ethnicity, type of school (public or private), family income level (based on eligibility for the National School Lunch Program), parental education, students with disabilities (SD), and English Language Learners (ELL).
Move the cursor over data points to see more detail.
When viewing average score figures, click on a group within the legend to show detailed information about its performance.
When viewing the achievement level or percentile figures, use the drop down menu to show data for each group.

Student Disability Status

English Language Learners

Mathematics scores at all five selected percentiles for students who were eligible for free school lunch through the National School Lunch Program were higher in 2011 than in any of the previous assessment years. Scores at all five selected percentiles for students eligible for reduced-price lunch were higher in 2011 than in 2003, and scores at the 50th and 90th percentiles were higher in 2011 than in 2009.

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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.