Table A-12-2. Average mathematics scale scores of 8th-grade students, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1990

Mathematics Achievement Gaps

Table A-12-2. Average mathematics scale scores of 8th-grade students, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1990–2009

Student characteristic	1990	¹	1992	¹	1996	¹	1996	2000	2003	2005	2007	2009
Total	263		268		272		270	273	278	279	281	283
Sex
Male	263		268		272		271	274	278	280	282	284
Female	262		269		272		269	272	277	278	280	282

Race/ethnicity²
White	270		277		281		281	284	288	289	291	293
Black	237		237		242		240	244	252	255	260	261
Hispanic	246		249		251		251	253	259	262	265	266
Asian/Pacific Islander	275		290		‡		‡	288	291	295	297	301
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡		‡	259	263	264	264	266

Percentage of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25 percent	—		—		—		—	287	291	293	296	298
26–50 percent	—		—		—		—	270	278	280	282	284
51–75 percent	—		—		—		—	260	266	268	271	274
More than 75 percent	—		—		—		—	246	251	254	259	260
— Not available.
‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
¹Testing accommodations (e.g., extended time, small group testing) for children with disabilities and limited-English proficient students were not permitted in 1990 and 1992; students were tested with and without accommodations in 1996.
²Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, see supplemental note 1.
NOTE: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scale ranges from 0 to 500. For more information on NAEP, see supplemental note 4.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1990–2009 Mathematics Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.