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Writing scores by race/ethnicity and family income
Grade 8
Average scores in NAEP writing for eighth-grade students, by eligibility for the National School Lunch Program and race/ethnicity: 2007
Race/ethnicity
Eligible
Not eligible
Information not available
White
147
167
174
Black
137
149
155
Hispanic
137
151
155
Asian/Pacific Islander
154
174
175
American Indian/Alaska Native
135
155
Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. A student's eligibility for the
National School Lunch Program
, which offers free or reduced-price lunch to students from lower-income families, is used as an indicator of poverty. View
complete data
with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Writing Assessment.
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