▲ = increase; • = no change; ▼ = decrease
NA = not available

^aNational Center for Education Statistics (NCES) did not publish 2000 science scores for fourth grade Asian/Pacific Islander students because of accuracy and precision concerns.
^bInsufficient samples sizes in earlier years of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics and science precluded calculation of reliable estimates for American Indians/Alaska Natives. Mathematics comparisons shown here for this group are between 1996 and 2003 for grade 4, 2000 and 2003 for grade 8, and 1996 and 2000 for grade 12. Science comparison for American Indian/Alaska Natives are from 1996 to 2000.
^cInformation on student eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch first collected in 1996. Thus, comparisons shown for mathematics are from 1996 to 2003 and for science are from 1996 to 2000.

NOTE: Includes students in both public and private schools.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics Highlights 2003, NCES 2004-451 (2003); The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2000, NCES 2001-517 (2001); The Nation's Report Card: Science Highlights 2000, NCES 2002-452 (2001); and data from NAEP, 1990, 2000, and 2003 mathematics assessments and 1996 and 2000 science assessments. See appendix tables 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, and 1-8.