Average scale scores and percentages for grade 12 economics, by race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported and jurisdiction: 2012 and 2006
YearJurisdictionWhiteBlackHispanicAsian/Pacific IslanderAmerican Indian/Alaska NativeTwo or more races
Average scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard Error
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. The NAEP Economics 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), 2006 and 2012 Economics Assessments.
2012National160(1.0)61(1.4)131(1.4)15(1.2)138(1.4)16(0.9)159(2.0)6(0.4)136(4.7)1(0.2)154(3.4)2(0.2)
2006National158(0.8)65(1.3)127(1.2)13(0.8)133(1.2)14(1.4)153(3.5)6(0.7)137(4.1)1(0.5)150(3.8)1(0.1)