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significant
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average scale score
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1
Texas
Texas>00416813929
2
Florida
Florida>11216313132
 
National public
National public 22116212735
3
New York
New Yorkx12116112734
4
California
Californiax22015712235
5
Illinois
Illinois<31016412044
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. National public is not included in sorting the jurisdictions. Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded scores.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.