The score gap between White and Hispanic students was wider in Austin than in large city schools nationally, but narrower in Miami-Dade and Milwaukee.
Average scale scores and score gaps for White and Hispanic students in eighth-grade NAEP science, by jurisdiction: 2009
> Score was higher or gap was wider than selected jurisdiction
< Score was lower or gap was narrower than selected jurisdiction
X Not significantly different from selected jurisdiction
The order of jurisdictions is based on numeric precision (up to eight decimal places) rather than the displayed precision and does not take statistical significance into consideration. To see whether there is a significant difference between jurisdictions, consult the column "Cross-jurisdiction significant difference."