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Results Comparable to Large Central Cities

  • At both grades, the percentages of students performing at or above the Basic level in one-half of the districts were higher than, or not significantly different from, the percentage in large central city schools.
  • At both grades, all the participating districts had lower percentages of students performing at or above Basic, and all the districts, except Austin, had lower percentages at or above Proficient when compared to public schools nationally.
Average fourth-grade NAEP science scores and percentages of students, by science achievement level and jurisdiction in 2005



# The estimate rounds to zero.
* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from the nation (public schools).
NOTE: The NAEP science scale ranges from 0 to 300. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers. View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities, and achievement levels 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.

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View more information about science achievement levels on the NAEP website. Read the specific definitions of the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced achievement levels for grades 4 and 8.

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