Florida’s NAEP Mathematics Student Achievement by Race, Ethnicity, and Level, Grade 8
In Florida, the percentage of eighth grade White students achieving at the Basic level was 80, compared to 61 percent of Hispanics, and 48 percent of Black students. The percentage of White students scoring at the Proficient level was 37, compared to 21 percent of Hispanics, and 11 percent of Black students. White students scoring at the Basic level were 19 percentage points higher than Hispanics and 32 percentage points higher than Black students. Additionally, eighth grade White students scored higher than Hispanics at the Proficient level by 16 percentage points and Black students by 26 percentage points on NAEP* science in 2005. The same trend can be seen at Advanced levels.
*NAEP mathematics achievement was scored on a scale of 0 to 300 for eighth graders. Students scoring 261 and lower were considered achieving below basic understanding in science, 262-298 had Basic level of achievement, those scoring 299-332 were Proficient, and Advanced students scored 333 or greater.
