The Nation's Report Card: 2015 Science Results infographic

Science Results

Science scores are up in grades 4 & 8 since 2009

Grade 8 Nationwide Score

154

150

150*

140

Grade 12 Nationwide Score

160

150

150*

Scale Score (0-300)

160

Scale Score (0-300)

Scale Score (0-300)

Grade 4 Nationwide Score

154

152*

140

¡®09

150

*Signi?cantly di?erent

(p < .05) from 2015

150

150

¡®09

¡®15

140

¡®09

¡®15

160

¡®11

¡®15

Percentage of students at or above Pro?cient in 2015

38%

34%

22%

Grade 4

Grade 8

Grade 12

Jurisdictions that are making progress since 2009

Jurisdictions score gains

greater than the nation¡¯s

Nationwide score changes in grades 4 & 8 since 2009

Grade 4

Arizona

ME

+11

VT

NH

Score increase

in Grade 8 only

NY

MA

RI

Score increase

in Grade 4 only

PA

NJ

CT

Score decrease

in Grade 4 only

WV

VA

MD

DE

No signi?cant

score change

TN

NC

SC

DC

MS

AL

GA

AK

Tennessee

+8

Georgia

+8

WA

MT

ND

MN

WI

DoDEA

+7

ID

WY

SD

IA

IL

IN

OH

Nation (public)

+4

OR

NV

CO

NE

MO

KY

CA

UT

NM

KS

AR

AZ

OK

LA

Grade 8

Utah

+9

Tennessee

+9

Nevada

+7

Nation (public)

+4

HI

TX

Score increase

in both grades

MI

FL

NOTE: Trend data not available for Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Vermont due to lack of participation in either 2009 or 2015. DS = Department of Defense Education Activity.

No data/

not applicable

DS

Achievement gaps

Racial/Ethnic gaps are narrowing in grades 4 & 8 since 2009

Grade 4 White-Black Score Gap

Grade 8 White-Black Score Gap

170

170

33

36*

140

130

127*

140

¡®15

150

160

27

32

*

140

139

130

¡®15

162*

150

30

*

140

163

160

26

27

140

137*

120

¡®15

Black

125

125

¡®09

¡®15

159

160

25

24

150

140

130

136

134

120

¡®09

¡®11

¡®15

*Signi?cantly di?erent (p < .05) from 2015

Hispanic

36

170

166

*

34

Grade 12 White-Hispanic Score Gap

132*

¡®09

White

140

120

¡®11

130

131*

120

129*

160

130

132

170

Scale Score (0-300)

160

126*

159

150

Grade 8 White-Hispanic Score Gap

166

163*

34

36* 35

¡®09

Grade 4 White-Hispanic Score Gap

170

160

150

120

¡®09

163

130

133

120

162*

Scale Score (0-300)

150

Scale Score (0-300)

Scale Score (0-300)

160

166

*

Scale Score (0-300)

163

160

170

166

*

Scale Score (0-300)

Grade 12 White-Black Score Gap

¡®09

¡®15

NOTE: Gaps are calculated based on the di?erences between unrounded numbers.

Male-female gap is narrowing at grade 8 since 2011

GRADE 4

2009

GRADE 8

2009

2011

2015

2009

2015

1

4

5

3

6

5

Point Gap

Point Gap

Point Gap

Point Gap

Point Gap

Point Gap

No gap

2015

GRADE 12

*

*Signi?cantly di?erent (p < .05) from 2015

Science coursetaking is increasing at grade 12

In 2015, the percentage of 12th-graders taking a science course has increased from 53% in 2009 to 57%. The percentage of

12th-graders taking courses in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics since 8th grade has also increased, from 34% in 2009 to 41%.

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