This indicator represents each state’s average score on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics for its eighth grade students in public schools. The NAEP mathematics assessment, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, is part of a legally mandated federal effort to measure student performance. It measures students’ knowledge and skills in mathematics and their ability to apply that knowledge in the content areas of number properties and operations; measurement; geometry; data analysis, statistics, and probability; and algebra. Student performance is presented in terms of average scores on a scale from 0 to 500.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia participated in the 2011 NAEP mathematics assessment. Students with disabilities or limited English-language proficiency are allowed to use certain accommodations (e.g., extra testing time or individual rather than group administration). All data presented here represent scores from tests taken with accommodations offered. For additional details on NAEP scores by gender and race/ethnicity, see appendix tables 8-1 to 8-12.
Table 8-5 | |||
Average eighth grade mathematics performance, by state: 2003, 2007, and 2011 | |||
(Score out of 500) | |||
State | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 |
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Average EPSCoR state value | 276 | 279 | 282 |
Average non-EPSCoR state value | 279 | 283 | 285 |
United States | 276 | 280 | 283 |
Alabama | 262 | 266 | 269 |
Alaska | 279 | 283 | 283 |
Arizona | 271 | 276 | 279 |
Arkansas | 266 | 274 | 279 |
California | 267 | 270 | 273 |
Colorado | 283 | 286 | 292 |
Connecticut | 284 | 282 | 287 |
Delaware | 277 | 283 | 283 |
District of Columbia | 243 | 248 | 260 |
Florida | 271 | 277 | 278 |
Georgia | 270 | 275 | 278 |
Hawaii | 266 | 269 | 278 |
Idaho | 280 | 284 | 287 |
Illinois | 277 | 280 | 283 |
Indiana | 281 | 285 | 285 |
Iowa | 284 | 285 | 285 |
Kansas | 284 | 290 | 290 |
Kentucky | 274 | 279 | 282 |
Louisiana | 266 | 272 | 273 |
Maine | 282 | 286 | 289 |
Maryland | 278 | 286 | 288 |
Massachusetts | 287 | 298 | 299 |
Michigan | 276 | 277 | 280 |
Minnesota | 291 | 292 | 295 |
Mississippi | 261 | 265 | 269 |
Missouri | 279 | 281 | 282 |
Montana | 286 | 287 | 293 |
Nebraska | 282 | 284 | 283 |
Nevada | 268 | 271 | 278 |
New Hampshire | 286 | 288 | 292 |
New Jersey | 281 | 289 | 294 |
New Mexico | 263 | 268 | 274 |
New York | 280 | 280 | 280 |
North Carolina | 281 | 284 | 286 |
North Dakota | 287 | 292 | 292 |
Ohio | 282 | 285 | 289 |
Oklahoma | 272 | 275 | 279 |
Oregon | 281 | 284 | 283 |
Pennsylvania | 279 | 286 | 286 |
Rhode Island | 272 | 275 | 283 |
South Carolina | 277 | 282 | 281 |
South Dakota | 285 | 288 | 291 |
Tennessee | 268 | 274 | 274 |
Texas | 277 | 286 | 290 |
Utah | 281 | 281 | 283 |
Vermont | 286 | 291 | 294 |
Virginia | 282 | 288 | 289 |
Washington | 281 | 285 | 288 |
West Virginia | 271 | 270 | 273 |
Wisconsin | 284 | 286 | 289 |
Wyoming | 284 | 287 | 288 |
Puerto Rico | NA | NA | NA |
NA = not available. EPSCoR = Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. NOTES: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grade 8 mathematics scores are for public schools only. For additional details on NAEP scores by sex and race or ethnicity, see appendix tables 8-1–8-12. For an explanation of EPSCoR and non-EPSCoR averages, see the chapter introduction. SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP (various years). Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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