Science Proficiency Scores
Science Proficiency Scores
The trends in science are less positive. Scores for white students declined for all age groups until 1982, then
rebounded for the younger students (ages 9 and 13). Although scores for 17-year-old white students also increased after 1982, their scores remained significantly (11 points) below the 1970 level. Scores for black and Hispanic students at age 17 also
declined until 1982 but returned to their original level. Only younger black and Hispanic students (age 9 for both and age 13 for Hispanic) experienced real growth over the 1970's scores. Although the average proficiency scores for minority
17-year-old students have been increasing in mathematics and have returned to the 1970 level in science, the gap between white and minority students in both subjects remains significant.
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