The data above comes from 2012, the most recent data in which average scale score on State tests can be compared to other demographic information. (jonathanpelto.com)
In 1999 Weston, a Boston suburb, spent $ 10,039 per pupil, in adjusted 2003 dollars, and that year its 4th - grade students averaged a scale score of 248 on the state reading test. (educationnext.org)
As can be seen in Figure 1a, states with higher percentages of students from low - income families report lower average scale scores in 8th - grade math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). (educationnext.org)