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Average percent correct score for all hands-on-tasks in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics and grade: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/ethnicity				Eligibility for National School Lunch Program
Grade	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Eligible	Not eligible
4	47	45	49	51	37	42	53	41	52
8	44	43	45	48	35	37	45	38	48
12	40	39	41	45	29	35	43	—	—
— Not available. NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Average percent correct score for all interactive computer tasks in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics and grade: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/ethnicity				Eligibility for National School Lunch Program
Grade	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Eligible	Not eligible
4	42	42	42	47	32	36	49	36	48
8	41	40	41	45	34	33	50	34	46
12	27	27	28	30	19	24	33	—	—
— Not available. NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Percentage of fourth-grade students who successfully completed each step of the Mystery Plants (Experiment 1: Sunlight for Plant A) interactive computer task in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/ethnicity				Eligibility for National School Lunch Program
Step	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Eligible	Not eligible
Step 1 Displayed complex prior knowledge	59	59	58	65	49	47	67	52	63
Step 2 Correctly did experiment	80	80	79	81	79	74	86	78	81
Step 3 Selected correct conclusion and explained with evidence	36	34	37	43	19	27	47	28	43
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Percentage of fourth-grade students who successfully completed each step of the Mystery Plants (Experiment 2: Sunlight for Plant B) interactive computer task in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/ethnicity				Eligibility for National School Lunch Program
Step	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Eligible	Not eligible
Step 1 Displayed complex prior knowledge	59	59	58	65	50	47	67	52	63
Step 2 Correctly did experiment	82	82	81	85	74	76	86	78	85
Step 3 Selected correct conclusion and explained with evidence	29	27	31	35	14	22	37	19	38
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Percentage of fourth-grade students who successfully completed each step of the Mystery Plants (Experiment 3: Fertilizer for Plant A) interactive computer task in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/ethnicity				Eligibility for National School Lunch Program
Step	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Eligible	Not eligible
Step 1 Displayed complex prior knowledge	56	55	58	60	48	51	61	53	59
Step 2 Correctly did experiment	35	37	33	39	28	29	36	31	39
Step 3 Selected correct conclusion and explained with evidence	46	44	48	53	26	39	52	35	55
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Percentage of eighth-grade students who successfully completed each step of the Bottling Honey interactive computer task in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/Ethnicity				Eligibility for National School Lunch Program
Step	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Eligible	Not eligible
Step 1 Did two simple experiments and answered questions correctly with explanation	54	50	57	60	46	43	58	45	61
Step 2 Correctly did experiment	51	47	55	57	45	39	57	40	61
Step 3 Interpreted data and explained answers with evidence	23	23	22	28	17	12	33	15	29
Step 4 Selected the correct graph for the flow rate of honey	29	33	25	33	19	23	35	24	33
Step 5 Selected best temperature for bottling honey	38	43	32	43	30	29	41	31	43
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Percentage of twelfth-grade students who successfully completed each step of the Maintaining Water Systems hands-on task in NAEP science, by selected student characteristics: 2009
	All students	Gender		Race/ethnicity
Step	All students	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander
Step 1 Explained preliminary town site selection with evidence	64	63	64	68	39	58	76
Step 2 Correctly did experiment	75	74	76	84	50	59	66
Step 3 Explained final town site selection with evidence	11	9	13	13	3	6	17
Step 4 Matched pollutants to water treatment processes	14	17	11	17	1	6	13
Step 5 Described scientific processes to remove water	28	30	27	31	13	19	39
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.

Percent correct supporting key discoveries for hands-on and interactive computer tasks in NAEP science at grades 4, 8, and 12: 2009
	Number of items across grades and assessment type	Percent correct
	Number of items across grades and assessment type	Minimum	Maximum	Median
Key Discovery 1: Straightforward observations	12	42	94	76
Key Discovery 2: Strategic decision making	11	22	63	36
Key Discovery 3: Correct conclusion	9	35	93	71
Key Discovery 3: Explain results	9	9	44	30
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Science Assessment.