Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 science, by how often students do hands-on science activities and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year	Jurisdiction	Never or hardly ever		Once or twice a month		Once or twice a week		Every day or almost every day
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
— Not available. # Rounds to zero. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. The NAEP Science scale ranges from 0 to 300. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Science Assessments.
2011	National	140	2	149	25	154	56	156	16
2011	National public	140	2	147	24	153	57	155	17
2011	Alabama	119	4	138	38	142	40	144	17
2011	Alaska	‡	#	149	14	155	68	160	17
2011	Arizona	137	3	140	25	145	51	151	21
2011	Arkansas	‡	1	145	28	149	63	151	8
2011	California	‡	2	137	28	143	55	147	14
2011	Colorado	‡	#	164	7	160	61	164	32
2011	Connecticut	‡	#	152	22	158	61	163	17
2011	Delaware	‡	#	152	4	152	64	153	31
2011	District of Columbia	92	4	108	23	117	61	111	12
2011	DoDEA	‡	2	161	37	161	45	158	16
2011	Florida	‡	1	145	32	150	53	151	14
2011	Georgia	‡	1	148	24	151	61	159	13
2011	Hawaii	133	3	140	49	143	34	152	14
2011	Idaho	156	4	160	24	159	60	161	13
2011	Illinois	146	4	143	21	151	56	151	19
2011	Indiana	‡	2	149	28	155	54	157	16
2011	Iowa	‡	1	158	17	158	56	157	25
2011	Kansas	‡	3	156	31	159	50	154	16
2011	Kentucky	‡	1	159	41	158	39	155	20
2011	Louisiana	141	9	141	36	146	46	145	9
2011	Maine	‡	1	158	27	162	55	157	17
2011	Maryland	‡	#	142	13	154	58	153	29
2011	Massachusetts	‡	1	158	22	163	64	165	14
2011	Michigan	‡	3	154	39	160	47	164	11
2011	Minnesota	‡	1	158	19	162	64	162	15
2011	Mississippi	137	6	141	52	134	39	‡	3
2011	Missouri	‡	2	156	29	158	54	159	15
2011	Montana	‡	1	159	15	163	64	168	20
2011	Nebraska	‡	2	161	19	157	65	150	14
2011	Nevada	‡	1	143	24	145	55	147	19
2011	New Hampshire	‡	#	160	18	164	61	161	21
2011	New Jersey	‡	1	145	14	159	59	154	26
2011	New Mexico	144	3	144	26	146	51	143	19
2011	New York	‡	2	140	15	152	65	158	19
2011	North Carolina	134	5	148	29	151	53	144	12
2011	North Dakota	‡	3	163	42	165	51	165	5
2011	Ohio	153	5	158	27	160	55	159	13
2011	Oklahoma	142	8	149	44	148	41	161	8
2011	Oregon	151	3	153	16	156	62	160	19
2011	Pennsylvania	‡	2	149	29	155	54	160	15
2011	Rhode Island	‡	#	148	14	150	68	158	18
2011	South Carolina	‡	1	144	24	151	56	154	18
2011	South Dakota	‡	1	164	31	163	56	159	12
2011	Tennessee	141	3	149	40	152	47	152	9
2011	Texas	‡	#	151	9	154	73	155	18
2011	Utah	‡	2	160	28	162	55	168	15
2011	Vermont	‡	#	164	21	163	51	166	28
2011	Virginia	‡	2	154	21	161	55	165	22
2011	Washington	‡	#	150	11	158	54	160	35
2011	West Virginia	‡	2	145	19	150	67	151	12
2011	Wisconsin	‡	1	153	14	162	64	165	21
2011	Wyoming	‡	#	158	14	160	61	163	25
2009	National	139	2	146	25	152	56	155	17
2009	National public	137	2	144	24	151	56	154	18
2009	Alabama	136	8	134	27	141	35	144	30
2009	Alaska	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Arizona	125	3	135	22	144	52	145	24
2009	Arkansas	‡	2	142	28	146	64	146	6
2009	California	130	3	125	29	141	54	148	14
2009	Colorado	‡	1	153	13	157	59	156	27
2009	Connecticut	‡	2	153	24	156	59	166	16
2009	Delaware	‡	#	148	12	152	43	148	45
2009	District of Columbia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	DoDEA	‡	4	165	25	163	54	161	16
2009	Florida	140	2	143	24	146	59	153	14
2009	Georgia	‡	#	145	21	147	61	154	18
2009	Hawaii	‡	2	132	27	140	58	143	13
2009	Idaho	‡	#	155	23	159	66	160	11
2009	Illinois	129	3	144	21	152	61	148	16
2009	Indiana	153	4	151	26	156	57	151	13
2009	Iowa	‡	#	158	32	155	50	155	18
2009	Kansas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Kentucky	157	4	160	35	155	46	152	16
2009	Louisiana	‡	2	139	36	140	51	148	11
2009	Maine	‡	1	156	24	160	56	159	20
2009	Maryland	‡	#	146	14	149	53	154	33
2009	Massachusetts	140	3	159	22	161	55	167	20
2009	Michigan	139	5	149	33	159	55	155	7
2009	Minnesota	‡	#	156	19	161	60	160	21
2009	Mississippi	132	9	133	44	132	44	130	3
2009	Missouri	‡	2	157	31	157	54	161	14
2009	Montana	‡	#	160	25	164	56	164	19
2009	Nebraska	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Nevada	‡	1	140	22	142	62	145	16
2009	New Hampshire	‡	#	157	17	161	63	162	20
2009	New Jersey	‡	2	148	16	158	57	155	25
2009	New Mexico	140	4	141	31	144	54	151	11
2009	New York	‡	1	141	21	153	58	156	21
2009	North Carolina	142	3	143	24	144	59	153	15
2009	North Dakota	‡	1	163	40	164	51	162	8
2009	Ohio	135	4	154	22	161	53	161	21
2009	Oklahoma	135	6	146	40	148	45	153	10
2009	Oregon	‡	1	156	18	154	61	156	20
2009	Pennsylvania	143	4	150	26	158	53	159	16
2009	Rhode Island	‡	#	140	12	149	59	146	29
2009	South Carolina	‡	#	138	22	145	55	150	23
2009	South Dakota	155	4	164	30	162	60	149	6
2009	Tennessee	146	7	147	41	149	42	155	10
2009	Texas	‡	#	149	13	150	67	152	20
2009	Utah	‡	2	156	29	158	53	164	16
2009	Vermont	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Virginia	‡	#	152	21	158	60	158	19
2009	Washington	‡	#	155	11	152	53	161	36
2009	West Virginia	‡	1	146	22	146	69	149	8
2009	Wisconsin	152	3	154	17	159	53	162	27
2009	Wyoming	‡	1	156	16	159	62	160	20