Last Updated: February 24, 2011
This article appeared in the February 2011 Rural Policy Matters.
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Note: The difference between the average scores for rural (155) and suburban (154) is statistically non-significant.
Source: U.S. Department of Education (2011). The nation's report card: Science 2009. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011451.