North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee NAEP 8th grade mathematics scores, 1992–2013

Kentucky adjusted  North Carolina adjusted  Tennessee adjusted  Kentucky observed North Carolina observed Tennessee observed
1992 259.71 260.15 257.85 262.24 258.41 258.83
1996 266.18 270.03 263.53 266.59 267.83 263.12
2000 271.06 279.42 266.40 271.56 280.13 263.44
2003 276.11 287.64 273.21 274.28 281.24 268.18
2005 277.61 287.97 277.96 278.70 281.83 270.52
2007 282.72 290.41 278.38 278.70 283.88 273.98
2009 283.36 291.56 280.23 279.28 284.33 274.76
2011 286.00 294.43 278.86 281.61 286.27 274.04
2013 285.37 296.01 283.91 281.00 286.00 278.00

Note: Scores are adjusted within each test year for student characteristics, student family socioeconomic (SES) characteristics, and racial and SES composition of school. Test scores are adjusted across years for changing social class composition of sample by using 1996 student characteristics, family academic resources, and school racial and SES composition to weight all years.

Source: EPI analysis of NCES NAEP microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.