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Grade 12 National Results

View student performance by various student groups, including gender, race/ethnicity, parental education, students with disabilities (SD), and English Language Learners (ELL).

Below each figure, click the button for "chart options" to see the data displayed in other chart formats.
To conduct a significance test using the NAEP Data Explorer, click on the link under each table below.

Student Disability Status

English Language Learners

Asian/Pacific Islander students had higher scores than Black and Hispanic students across all five selected percentiles. Scores for Asian/Pacific Islander students were higher than those for White and American Indian/Alaska Native students at the 75th and 90th percentiles.

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Because of the recent changes to the assessment, the results from 2009 cannot be compared to those from previous assessment years. To establish the baseline for future science assessments, the overall average score for each grade was set at 150 on a 0 to 300 scale. Find out more about the new framework and what the assessment measures.

Read specific descriptions of what twelfth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced science achievement levels.

Read more information on how to interpret NAEP science results, including how each student group is defined.