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Comparable to Large Central Cities, but Below the Nation

Compared with student performance in large central city schools...

  • at grade 4, students in Austin and Charlotte scored higher, on average, and students in Chicago, Cleveland, and Los Angeles had lower average scores.
  • at grade 8, students in Austin, Charlotte, and San Diego scored higher, on average, while students in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, and Los Angeles had lower average scores.  

Compared with student performance in the nation...

  • at grade 4, students in all participating districts had lower average scores than the score for the nation, except for Austin, where the average score was not significantly different.
  • at grade 8, students in all participating districts had lower average scores than the score for the nation.  
Average fourth-grade NAEP science scores in 2005, by jurisdiction 

Average science scale scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005


* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from the nation (public schools).
NOTE: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Trial Urban District Science Assessment.

Read more about the 2005 science assessment on the NAEP website. Read full descriptions of the science subscales in Earth sciencephysical science, and life science.

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