Table 6

Parent-to-child ratio of NAEP test-taking population, from birth to test-taking year, selected years

Year of test Average parent–child ratio in families of fourth-grade test-taking population, birth to 9 years old Black–white ratio Average annual change in black–white ratio from previous period Average parent–child ratio in families of eighth-grade test-taking population, birth to 13 years old Black–white ratio Average annual change in black–white ratio from previous period
White Black White Black
1973 0.86 0.60 0.70 0.85 0.58 0.68
1980 0.92 0.69 0.74 0.8% 0.90 0.65 0.73 0.9%
1992 1.00 0.76 0.77 0.2% 0.99 0.75 0.76 0.4%
2000 0.97 0.74 0.76 -0.1% 0.98 0.75 0.76 0.1%
2003 0.97 0.74 0.76 0.0% 0.98 0.74 0.76 -0.2%
2011 0.98 0.75 0.77 0.1% 0.97 0.75 0.77 0.2%

Note: Data for eighth-graders in 1973 are average from 1 year of age, not birth. Estimates for years when data are not available are interpolated from prior and successive years.

Source: Author's calculations based on Wething (2013)

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