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 | ||
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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)