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No significant change in mathematics scores of 13-year-olds regardless of parental education level

Age 13
 Age 17

Trend in NAEP mathematics average scores for 13-year-old students, by highest level of parental education

Finding

  • At age 13, there were no significant changes in average scores compared to 2004 regardless of the student-reported level of parental education.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2008. View complete data with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1978–2008 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.

To read more details on comparisons across years, see About the Long-Term Trend Assessment.
To read more details related to student group categories, see NAEP Long-Term Trend Reporting Groups.

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