Table 127. | Mathematics proficiency and selected statistics on mathematics education for 4th-graders in public schools, by region and state: 1996 and 2000 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Average proficiency| Percent attaining mathematics |Percent of| Percent of students, 2000 | | achievement levels,\1\ 2000 |students |__________________________________ Region |___________________|_______________________________________|with 3 or | Spending | Agree |Watching and | | | | | | |more hours|30 minutes |mathematics|6 hours or state | | | | |Profi- | |of math | or more | is useful |more of | | | Below | Basic |cient |Advanced |instruc- | on math |for solving|television | 1996 | 2000 | basic | or | or | or | tion each| homework | everyday |each day | | | |above\2\|above\3\ |above\4\ |week, 2000|each day\5\| problems | ______________________|_________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ______________________|_________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________ United States ...|222 (1.0)|226 (1.0)|33 (1.2)|67 (1.2)| 25 (1.2)| 2 (0.3)| 71 (2.4)| 50 | 70 (0.8)| 19 (0.9) |_________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________ Region | | | | | | | | | | Northeast ..........|226 (2.6)|229 (1.8)|29 (2.0)|71 (2.0)| 27 (2.6)| 3 (0.9)| 79 (4.5)| 46 | 73 (1.6)| 18 (2.3) Southeast ..........|216 (2.5)|220 (2.3)|41 (3.4)|59 (3.4)| 19 (2.1)| 1 (0.4)| 67 (3.8)| 52 | 68 (1.3)| 25 (1.6) Central ............|230 (2.0)|231 (1.5)|27 (1.8)|73 (1.8)| 29 (2.2)| 3 (0.6)| 67 (6.3)| 49 | 70 (1.5)| 17 (2.0) West ...............|219 (2.1)|225 (2.1)|35 (2.5)|65 (2.5)| 24 (2.3)| 3 (0.5)| 70 (4.9)| 51 | 70 (1.7)| 17 (1.2) |=========|=========|========|========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|========== State | | | | | | | | | | Alabama ..............|212 (1.2)|218 (1.4)|43 (2.1)|57 (2.1)| 14 (1.3)| 1 (0.2)| 65 (5.7)| 60 | 68 (1.2)| 23 (1.5) Alaska ...............|224 (1.3)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- Arizona ..............|218 (1.7)|219 (1.4)|42 (1.9)|58 (1.9)| 17 (1.6)| 2 (0.5)| 76 (4.4)| 49 | 67 (1.2)| 13 (1.0) Arkansas .............|216 (1.5)|217 (1.1)|44 (1.9)|56 (1.9)| 13 (1.1)| 1 (0.2)| 60 (5.6)| 54 | 68 (1.3)| 24 (1.3) California\6\.........|209 (1.8)|214 (1.8)|48 (2.3)|52 (2.3)| 15 (1.4)| 1 (0.3)| 73 (6.7)| 56 | 65 (1.8)| 17 (1.3) | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............|226 (1.0)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- Connecticut ..........|232 (1.1)|234 (1.2)|23 (1.5)|77 (1.5)| 32 (1.6)| 3 (0.5)| 83 (3.4)| 49 | 72 (1.2)| 16 (1.2) Delaware............. |215 (0.6)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- District of Columbia .|187 (1.1)|193 (1.2)|76 (1.1)|24 (1.1)| 6 (0.8)| 1 (0.2)| 66 (1.5)| 54 | 64 (0.9)| 36 (0.9) Florida ..............|216 (1.2)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............|215 (1.5)|220 (1.1)|42 (1.5)|58 (1.5)| 18 (1.1)| 1 (0.3)| 74 (5.0)| 54 | 68 (1.0)| 19 (1.0) Hawaii ...............|215 (1.5)|216 (1.1)|45 (1.5)|55 (1.5)| 14 (1.0)| 1 (0.3)| 88 (3.0)| 64 | 64 (1.0)| 18 (1.0) Idaho\6\..............|--- --- |227 (1.2)|29 (1.7)|71 (1.7)| 21 (1.6)| 1 (0.4)| 76 (5.1)| 48 | 68 (1.6)| 12 (1.1) Illinois\6\...........|--- --- |225 (1.9)|34 (2.4)|66 (2.4)| 21 (2.5)| 2 (0.6)| 84 (4.1)| 57 | 66 (1.5)| 19 (1.6) Indiana\6\............|229 (1.0)|234 (1.1)|22 (1.5)|78 (1.5)| 31 (1.6)| 3 (0.7)| 78 (5.5)| 57 | 71 (1.3)| 17 (1.5) | | | | | | | | | | Iowa\6\...............|229 (1.1)|233 (1.3)|22 (1.9)|78 (1.9)| 28 (1.9)| 2 (0.4)| 65 (5.1)| 47 | 70 (1.4)| 9 (0.7) Kansas\6\.............|--- --- |232 (1.5)|25 (2.3)|75 (2.3)| 30 (2.1)| 3 (0.7)| 76 (5.4)| 47 | 73 (1.5)| 14 (1.6) Kentucky .............|220 (1.1)|221 (1.2)|40 (1.8)|60 (1.8)| 17 (1.2)| 1 (0.3)| 80 (3.8)| 57 | 71 (1.2)| 17 (0.9) Louisiana ............|209 (1.1)|218 (1.4)|43 (2.0)|57 (2.0)| 14 (1.4)| 1 (0.2)| 56 (5.7)| 52 | 67 (1.6)| 24 (1.1) Maine\6\..............|232 (1.0)|231 (0.9)|26 (1.8)|74 (1.8)| 25 (1.3)| 2 (0.4)| 89 (3.1)| 50 | 74 (1.1)| 10 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............|221 (1.6)|222 (1.3)|39 (1.8)|61 (1.8)| 22 (1.4)| 2 (0.4)| 70 (4.7)| 48 | 71 (1.2)| 23 (1.1) Massachusetts ........|229 (1.4)|235 (1.1)|21 (1.4)|79 (1.4)| 33 (1.6)| 3 (0.5)| 91 (3.0)| 50 | 74 (1.2)| 10 (0.9) Michigan\6\...........|226 (1.3)|231 (1.4)|28 (1.9)|72 (1.9)| 29 (1.8)| 3 (0.6)| 86 (3.7)| 50 | 71 (1.2)| 16 (1.2) Minnesota\6\..........|232 (1.1)|235 (1.3)|22 (1.7)|78 (1.7)| 34 (1.8)| 3 (0.7)| 71 (6.0)| 48 | 74 (1.4)| 7 (0.9) Mississippi ..........|208 (1.2)|211 (1.1)|55 (1.7)|45 (1.7)| 9 (0.9)|(\7\)(0.2)| 43 (5.8)| 57 | 67 (1.2)| 23 (1.0) | | | | | | | | | | Missouri .............|225 (1.1)|229 (1.2)|28 (1.6)|72 (1.6)| 23 (1.6)| 2 (0.4)| 79 (4.3)| 49 | 69 (1.1)| 19 (1.2) Montana\6\............|228 (1.2)|230 (1.8)|27 (2.6)|73 (2.6)| 25 (2.5)| 2 (0.7)| 79 (5.2)| 45 | 67 (1.6)| 11 (1.2) Nebraska .............|228 (1.2)|226 (1.7)|33 (2.3)|67 (2.3)| 24 (1.9)| 2 (0.5)| 87 (4.2)| 51 | 71 (1.6)| 13 (1.7) Nevada ...............|218 (1.3)|220 (1.2)|39 (1.7)|61 (1.7)| 16 (1.1)| 1 (0.2)| 82 (4.1)| 49 | 67 (1.2)| 17 (1.2) New Jersey ...........|227 (1.5)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- | | | | | | | | | | New Mexico ...........|214 (1.8)|214 (1.5)|49 (2.0)|51 (2.0)| 12 (1.0)| 1 (0.2)| 69 (5.0)| 56 | 68 (1.4)| 15 (1.3) New York\6\...........|223 (1.2)|227 (1.3)|33 (2.1)|67 (2.1)| 22 (1.6)| 2 (0.4)| 78 (5.6)| 49 | 66 (1.5)| 21 (1.3) North Carolina .......|224 (1.2)|232 (1.0)|24 (1.5)|76 (1.5)| 28 (1.5)| 3 (0.4)| 68 (5.2)| 58 | 70 (1.0)| 18 (1.0) North Dakota .........|231 (1.2)|231 (0.9)|25 (1.5)|75 (1.5)| 25 (1.3)| 2 (0.4)| 79 (3.3)| 45 | 73 (1.2)| 10 (0.7) Ohio\6\...............|--- --- |231 (1.3)|27 (2.0)|73 (2.0)| 26 (2.1)| 2 (0.4)| 79 (4.6)| 55 | 72 (1.2)| 20 (1.5) | | | | | | | | | | Oklahoma .............|--- --- |225 (1.3)|31 (1.9)|69 (1.9)| 16 (1.2)| 1 (0.2)| 69 (4.8)| 51 | 63 (1.0)| 19 (1.1) Oregon\6\.............|223 (1.4)|227 (1.6)|33 (2.3)|67 (2.3)| 23 (1.8)| 3 (0.6)| 69 (5.5)| 50 | 68 (1.5)| 13 (1.3) Pennsylvania .........|226 (1.2)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- Rhode Island .........|220 (1.4)|225 (1.2)|33 (1.5)|67 (1.5)| 23 (1.3)| 2 (0.4)| 75 (4.3)| 46 | 73 (1.2)| 11 (0.8) South Carolina .......|213 (1.3)|220 (1.4)|40 (1.8)|60 (1.8)| 18 (1.2)| 2 (0.3)| 74 (4.8)| 51 | 67 (1.2)| 23 (1.2) | | | | | | | | | | Tennessee ............|219 (1.4)|220 (1.5)|40 (1.8)|60 (1.8)| 18 (1.5)| 1 (0.4)| 80 (4.2)| 55 | 70 (1.2)| 20 (1.3) Texas ................|229 (1.4)|233 (1.2)|23 (1.6)|77 (1.6)| 27 (1.8)| 2 (0.5)| 65 (5.8)| 57 | 69 (1.4)| 18 (1.3) Utah .................|227 (1.2)|227 (1.2)|30 (1.7)|70 (1.7)| 24 (1.3)| 2 (0.3)| 85 (3.7)| 46 | 72 (1.1)| 10 (0.7) Vermont\6\............|225 (1.2)|232 (1.6)|27 (2.0)|73 (2.0)| 29 (2.2)| 4 (0.7)| 82 (5.5)| 55 | 79 (1.4)| 10 (1.1) Virginia .............|223 (1.4)|230 (1.3)|27 (1.8)|73 (1.8)| 25 (1.6)| 2 (0.6)| 68 (4.6)| 52 | 73 (1.2)| 20 (1.2) | | | | | | | | | | Washington ...........|225 (1.2)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- West Virginia ........|223 (1.0)|225 (1.2)|32 (1.6)|68 (1.6)| 18 (1.6)| 1 (0.3)| 80 (3.4)| 57 | 68 (1.0)| 18 (1.1) Wisconsin ............|231 (1.0)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- | --- --- |--- --- Wyoming ..............|223 (1.4)|229 (1.3)|27 (2.0)|73 (2.0)| 25 (1.5)| 2 (0.5)| 67 (7.5)| 52 | 71 (1.2)| 10 (0.8) |=========|=========|========|========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|========== Department of Defense | | | | | | | | | | dependents schools: | | | | | | | | | | Domestic schools ..|224 (1.0)|228 (1.2)|30 (2.0)|70 (2.0)| 24 (1.8)| 3 (0.6)| 84 (0.6)| 52 | 71 (1.3)| 21 (1.1) Overseas schools ..|223 (0.7)|228 (0.7)|30 (1.2)|70 (1.2)| 22 (1.1)| 2 (0.3)| 82 (0.7)| 51 | 70 (1.0)| 14 (0.6) |=========|=========|========|========|==========|==========|==========|===========|===========|========== Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | American Samoa........|--- --- |157 (3.9)|95 (1.4)| 5 (1.4)|(\7\) --- | 0 --- | 26 (2.6)| 61 | 50 (2.8)| 17 (1.9) Guam .................|188 (1.3)|184 (2.3)|79 (1.8)|21 (1.8)| 2 (0.6)|(\7\) --- | 81 (1.0)| 60 | 61 (2.0)| 16 (1.4) Virgin Islands........|--- --- |183 (2.8)|85 (3.2)|15 (3.2)| 1 (0.6)|(\7\) --- | 80 (0.6)| 56 | 58 (2.0)| 29 (2.0) ______________________|_________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________ |
---Not available. NOTE: These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Forty states, the District of Columbia, and three outlying areas participated in the 2000 State Assessment of 4th- graders and met student and school participation criteria for reporting results. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics, 2000; and unpublished data, prepared by Educational Testing Service; NAEP Data Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared October 2001.)
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