Table 1-3 |
Changes in science performance of students in grades 4, 8, and 12, by student characteristics and other factors: 1996–2005 and 2000–05 |
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Grade 4 |
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Grade 8 |
|
Grade 12 |
Student characteristic |
1996–2005 |
|
2000–05 |
|
1996–2005 |
|
2000–05 |
|
1996–2005 |
|
2000–05 |
|
Average score |
|
Total |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
Sex |
|
Male |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
Female |
● |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
Race/ethnicity |
|
White, non-Hispanic |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
Black, non-Hispanic |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
Hispanic |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
Asian/Pacific Islandera |
▲ |
|
NA |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
▼ |
|
● |
|
● |
Free/reduced-price lunch |
|
Eligible |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
▲ |
|
NA |
|
NA |
Not eligible |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
NA |
|
NA |
Percentile scoresb |
|
10th |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
25th |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
50th |
▲ |
|
▲ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
75th |
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
90th |
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
Changes in achievement gaps in average scores |
|
Gender gap |
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
White-black gap |
▼ |
|
▼ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
▲ |
White-Hispanic gap |
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
|
● |
Eligible and not eligible for free/reduced-price lunch gap |
● |
|
▼ |
|
● |
|
▼ |
|
NA |
|
NA |
|
▲ = increase; ● = no change; ▼ = decrease (based on t-tests using unrounded numbers); NA = not available
aNational Center for Education Statistics (NCES) did not publish 2000 science scores for grade 4 Asians/Pacific Islanders because of accuracy and precision concerns.
bPercentage of students whose scores fell below a particular score, e.g., 75% of students had scores <75th percentile.
SOURCES: NCES, The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2005, NCES 2006-453 (2006); National Assessment of Educational Progress,1996, 2000, and 2005 science assessments; and National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations. See appendix table 1-7. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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