Standard errors for the average mathematics scale scores on the long-term trend National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: Various years, 1973 through 2004

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Table S17-2. Standard errors for the average mathematics scale scores on the long-term trend National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: Various years, 1973 through 2004

Age, sex, and race/ethnicity	1973	1978	1982	1986	1990	1992	1994	1996	1999	2004

9-year-olds
Total	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
Sex
Male	0.7	0.7	1.2	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.1
Female	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.9	1.1
Race/ethnicity
White	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9
Black	1.8	1.1	1.6	1.6	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.6	2.1
Hispanic	2.4	2.2	1.3	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.3	1.7	1.9	2.0

13-year-olds
Total	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.0
Sex
Male	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.2
Female	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0
Race/ethnicity
White	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9
Black	1.9	1.9	1.6	2.3	2.3	1.9	3.5	1.3	2.6	1.6
Hispanic	2.2	2.0	1.7	2.9	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.6	1.7	2.0

17-year-olds
Total	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.8
Sex
Male	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.0
Female	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.0	0.9
Race/ethnicity
White	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.7
Black	1.3	1.3	1.2	2.1	2.8	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.6
Hispanic	2.2	2.3	1.8	2.9	2.9	2.6	3.7	2.1	2.5	1.8

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1973–2004 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessment.