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The 2012 administration is the second time that economics has been assessed; the subject was first assessed in 2006.</p> <ul class="orangeBulletList"><li>There was no significant change in the overall average economics score of twelfth-grade students from 2006 to 2012.<br />聽 <br /></li> <li>In 2012, male students scored 6 points higher on average than female students, which was <a href="/glossary.aspx#sig_diff" class="glossary_link">not significantly different</a> from the gender gap in 2006.<br />聽 <br /></li> <li>White and Asian/Pacific Islander students scored higher than Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native students in both 2006 and 2012.<br /><br /></li></ul> <ul class="orangeBulletList"><li>Hispanic students scored higher in 2012 than in 2006, while there were no significant changes for other racial/ethnic groups. <br /><br /></li></ul> <ul class="orangeBulletList"><li><a href="/economics_2012/summary.aspx"><img src="/subject/economics_2012/images/index_eco_topstory_2012_seebtn.gif" alt="See a summary of major findings" style="margin:0px" /></a><br /><br /></li></ul> <p><img border="0" src="/subject/economics_2012/images/index_eco_titles_subheader.gif" alt="Dig Deeper into the Economics Results" />聽聽</p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold">Explore Score Gains of Hispanic Students</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:1em">Explore the following slides to take a closer look at the gains in average economics scores made by twelfth-grade Hispanic students across a variety of contextual factors. 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For more information, download the <a href="http://www.nagb.org/content/nagb/assets/documents/publications/frameworks/economics-framework-2012.pdf">Economics Framework</a> for the 2012 National Assessment of Educational Progress.</p></div></div> <br /><br /></div> <strong><strong></strong></strong> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <div id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_LeftNav_LeftNavTree" class="RadTreeView RadTreeView_Default NRC2009"> <ul class="rtUL"> <li class="rtLI rtFirst rtNAEP0"><div class="rtTop Level0"> <span class="rtSp"></span><span class="rtMinus"></span><a class="rtIn" href="/economics_2012/"><img alt="Economics" title="Economics" src="/Subject/Economics_2012/Images/leftNavHeaders_economics.gif" border="0"></a> </div><ul class="rtUL"> <li class="rtLI rtNAEP0"><div class="rtTop Level1"> <span class="rtSp"></span><a class="rtIn" href="/economics_2012/overall.aspx">Overall Results</a> </div></li><li class="rtLI rtNAEP1"><div class="rtMid Level1"> <span class="rtSp"></span><a 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