Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 - Table 1-5. Changes in NAEP mathematics score gaps between selected groups of students, by grade level: Selected years, 1990

Table 1-5
Changes in NAEP mathematics score gaps between selected groups of students, by grade level: Selected years, 1990–2009

	Change in score gap
	Grade 4	Grade 8	Grade 12
Score gap between selected groups of students	1990–2009	1990–2009	2005–09^a

Males and females	≈	≈	≈
Whites and blacks	↓	≈	≈
Whites and Hispanics	≈	≈	≈
Students from low-income families and those from other families^b	≈	≈	≈
Low-performing students and high-performing students^c	↓	≈	≈
Public school students and private school students	↓	≈	NA

≈ = no change; ↓ = decrease; NA = not available NAEP = National Assessment of Educational Progress ^aChanges in gaps for grade 12 presented only for 2005 to 2009 because prior assessments were not comparable with those in or after 2005. ^bInformation on student eligibility for subsidized lunch program, a measure of family poverty, first collected in 1996; comparisons in 1990–2009 columns cover 1996 to 2009. ^cGap between scores at the 10th and 90th percentiles. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2011) of NAEP 1990, 1996, 2005, and 2009 mathematics assessments, National Center for Education Statistics. See appendix table 1-1. Science and Engineering Indicators 2012