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Table 5c. Average scale score and percentage distribution of 8th-grade students in mathematics, by urbanicity and parental education level: 2000, 2003, and 2005

 
Parental education levelCentral cityUrban fringeRural
 Performance scale scores
  Total, 2000266(1.9)277(1.3)275(1.6)
  Total, 2003271(0.6)281(0.5)279(0.4)
  Total, 2005273(0.4)283(0.3)279(0.4)
Parental education level
  Did not finish high school
    2000247(2.8)256(2.8)258(3.6)
    2003253(1.1)257(1.1)260(0.7)
    2005257(0.8)261(0.7)261(0.8)
  Graduated high school
    2000250(2.4)264(1.7)267(1.8)
    2003260(0.8)270(0.6)270(0.5)
    2005260(0.6)270(0.5)271(0.6)
  Some education after high school
    2000271(2.7)278(1.4)283(2.3)
    2003273(0.8)282(0.7)283(0.5)
    2005274(0.6)283(0.5)283(0.5)
  Graduated college
    2000280(2.0)290(1.5)285(2.1)
    2003283(0.8)291(0.5)288(0.5)
    2005286(0.5)294(0.4)289(0.5)
  Unknown
    2000249(2.2)257(1.9)257(4.1)
    2003254(0.9)260(1.0)264(0.8)
    2005257(0.6)262(0.7)265(0.8)
 Percentage distribution
  Total, 200031(1.3)44(1.8)25(1.8)
  Total, 200329(0.3)42(0.4)29(0.4)
  Total, 200531(0.3)43(0.4)26(0.3)
Parental education level
  Did not finish high school
    200037(2.8)38(3.1)25(2.6)
    200336(0.9)34(1.0)30(0.8)
    200539(0.8)36(0.6)25(0.7)
  Graduated high school
    200027(1.7)39(2.6)33(2.7)
    200327(0.5)36(0.5)37(0.6)
    200529(0.5)39(0.5)32(0.4)
  Some education after high school
    200030(1.5)45(2.1)26(2.1)
    200327(0.6)42(0.6)31(0.5)
    200530(0.5)42(0.5)28(0.5)
  Graduated college
    200030(1.7)49(2.3)21(1.9)
    200328(0.5)45(0.6)27(0.5)
    200529(0.5)47(0.5)23(0.4)
  Unknown
    200040(2.2)41(2.4)20(2.0)
    200336(0.7)40(0.8)25(0.5)
    200540(0.7)39(0.7)22(0.5)
NOTE: The NAEP Mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 500. Observed differences are not necessarily statistically significant. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000, 2003, and 2005 Mathematics Assessment, NAEP Data Explorer.

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