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National Data

Goal 3: Student Achievement and Citizenship

Percentage of students scoring at or above Proficient in science Grade 12.

State 1990^ 1991^ 1992^ 1993^ 1994^ 1995^ 1996 1997^ 1998^ 1999^ 2000^ Change*
Nation (public and private)             21         --
Nation (public only)             21         --

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
^ Data not collected in this year.
* Better: statistically significant improvement; Worse: statistically significant decline; No change: no statistically significant change. If no change information is shown, either there were no data collected or only one year of data was collected.
For more information about national indicators see the Technical Notes and Sources.

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