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(17 KB)| Table 128. | Length of school year and selected statistics on mathematics education for students in public schools, by region and state: 1998 and 2000 |
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|Math units | |High school|Percent of |Percent of 8th-grade students reporting
|required | Length of | exit exam |8th-grade |_______________________________________
Region and state |for | school year | required |students | | |
|graduation | (in days) | for |with 3 or | Spending | Positive | Watching
|in 2000 | | graduation|more hours |30 minutes |attitudes | 6 or more
| |_____________________| in 2000 |of math | or more | toward | hours of
| | 1998 | 2000 | |instruction | on math | math\2\ | television
| | | | |each week | homework | |each day
| | | | | |each day\1\| |
_______________________|____________|__________|__________|___________|______________|___________|__________|________________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
_______________________|____________|__________|__________|___________|______________|___________|__________|________________
Total .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 89 (1.6)| 58 | 76 | 12 (0.4)
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Region | | | | | | | |
Northeast ...........| --- | --- | --- | --- | 91 (4.2)| 56 | 76 | 15 (1.2)
Southeast ...........| --- | --- | --- | --- | 84 (3.3)| 58 | 78 | 17 (0.9)
Central .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 87 (4.1)| 58 | 74 | 9 (0.9)
West ................| --- | --- | --- | --- | 92 (2.4)| 62 | 76 | 10 (0.6)
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State | | | | | | | |
Alabama ...............| 4 | 175 | 175 | Yes | 81 (3.9)| 58 | 78 | 19 (0.9)
Alaska ................| 2 | 180 | 180 |\3\ Yes |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
Arizona ...............|\5\ 2 |\5\ 175 |\5\ 175 |\3\ Yes | 95 (2.8)| 63 | 73 | 11 (1.0)
Arkansas ..............| 3 | 178 | 178 | No | 77 (3.9)| 58 | 77 | 18 (0.9)
California ............| 2 | 175 | 175 |\3\ Yes | 90 (3.0)| 71 | 75 | 12 (1.1)
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Colorado ..............| (\6\) | (\7\) | (\7\) | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
Connecticut ...........| 3 | 180 | 180 | No | 95 (2.3)| 59 | 76 | 11 (0.7)
Delaware ..............| 3 | (\7\) | (\7\) | No |(\4\) --- | 0 | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
District of Columbia ..|\8\ 3 |\8\ 180 |\8\ 180 | --- | 92 (0.8)| 63 | 81 | 34 (1.1)
Florida ...............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
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Georgia ...............| 3 |\8\ 180 |\8\ 180 | Yes | 83 (4.2)| 60 | 76 | 17 (1.0)
Hawaii ................| 3 | 184 | 184 | Yes | 99 (0.0) | 67 | 76 | 17 (0.8)
Idaho .................| 4 | 180 | 180 | No | 93 (2.4)| 54 | 78 | 8 (0.8)
Illinois ..............|\9\ 2 | 180 |\9\ 180 |\3\ Yes | 81 (5.4)| 62 | 77 | 13 (1.2)
Indiana................| 4 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 94 (2.9)| 59 | 76 | 10 (1.0)
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Iowa ..................| (\6\) | 180 | 180 | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
Kansas ................| 2 | 186 | 186 | No | 87 (4.6)| 60 | 77 | 8 (0.8)
Kentucky ..............| 3 | 175 | 175 | No | 93 (2.5)| 58 | 77 | 11 (0.9)
Louisiana .............| 3 | 175 | 175 | Yes | 92 (3.3)| 51 | 80 | 20 (1.0)
Maine .................| 2 | 175 | 175 |\3\ Yes | 92 (2.4)| 61 | 77 | 6 (0.6)
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Maryland ..............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 92 (2.8)| 59 | 81 | 16 (1.0)
Massachusetts .........| (\6\) | 180 | 180 |\3\ Yes | 95 (2.0)| 62 | 77 | 9 (0.8)
Michigan ..............| (\6\) | 180 | 180 | No | 89 (3.6)| 59 | 75 | 12 (1.1)
Minnesota .............| (\10\) | (\11\)| (\11\)|\3\ Yes | 93 (3.1)| 50 | 80 | 6 (0.9)
Mississippi ...........| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 87 (2.7)| 54 | 80 | 21 (0.9)
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Missouri ..............| 2 | 174 | 174 | No | 95 (2.0)| 53 | 76 | 12 (0.8)
Montana ...............| 2 | 180 | 180 | No | 87 (3.4)| 62 | 79 | 5 (0.7)
Nebraska ..............| (\6\) | (\7\) | (\7\) | No | 95 (1.5)| 59 | 81 | 8 (0.9)
Nevada ................| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 93 (1.2)| 63 | 77 | 13 (0.6)
New Hampshire .........| 2 | 180 | 180 | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
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New Jersey ............| 3 |\8\ 180 | 180 | Yes |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
New Mexico ............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 84 (3.1)| 62 | 76 | 11 (0.7)
New York ..............|\8\ 2 |\8\ 180 |\8\ 180 | Yes | 92 (3.6)| 56 | 78 | 15 (1.3)
North Carolina ........| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 77 (4.7)| 67 | 80 | 14 (1.0)
North Dakota ..........| 3 | 173 | 173 | No | 95 (1.4)| 53 | 78 | 5 (0.5)
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Ohio ..................| 2 | 182 | 182 | Yes | 93 (2.4)| 57 | 78 | 12 (0.9)
Oklahoma ..............| 2 | 180 | 180 |\3\ Yes | 89 (2.9)| 57 | 75 | 13 (0.9)
Oregon ................| 2 | (\7\) | (\7\) |\3\ Yes | 81 (4.8)| 58 | 72 | 8 (0.8)
Pennsylvania ..........| (\10\) | 180 | 180 | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
Rhode Island ..........| 2 | 180 | 180 | No | 94 (0.8)| 60 | 77 | 9 (0.7)
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South Carolina ........| 4 |\8\ 180 | 180 | Yes | 83 (3.7)| 55 | 80 | 20 (0.9)
South Dakota ..........| 2 | 175 | --- | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
Tennessee .............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 78 (3.7)| 58 | 77 | 16 (0.9)
Texas .................| 3 | 187 | 187 | Yes | 91 (2.9)| 61 | 76 | 13 (0.9)
Utah ..................| 2 | 180 | 180 |\3\ Yes | 95 (2.1)| 52 | 70 | 6 (0.5)
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Vermont ...............|\12\ 5 |\8\ 175 | 175 | No | 90 (2.0)| 61 | 78 | 6 (0.7)
Virginia ..............| 3 | 180 | 180 |\3\ Yes | 92 (2.9)| 60 | 76 | 16 (1.0)
Washington ............|\9\ 2 | 180 |\9\ 180 | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
West Virginia .........| 3 | 180 | 180 | No | 92 (2.3)| 56 | 74 | 14 (0.9)
Wisconsin .............| 2 | 180 | 180 | No |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
Wyoming ...............| 3 | 175 | 175 | No | 97 (0.6)| 59 | 74 | 8 (5.0)
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Department of Defense | | | | | | | |
dependents schools: | 3 | --- | 183 | No | 100 (\13\) | 66 | 77 | 18 (1.7)
Domestic schools ...| | | | | | | |
Overseas schools ...| | | | | | | |
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | |
American Samoa ........| --- | --- | --- | --- | 13 (4.2)| 70 | 76 | 13 (1.5)
Guam ..................| --- | (\14\)| --- | --- | 61 (2.2)| 64 | 79 | 17 (1.3)
Virgin Islands ........| 2 | 180 | --- | --- |(\4\) --- | (\4\) | (\4\) |(\4\) ---
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| ---Not available. \1\Percent of students who report spending 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, and over 1 hour on mathematics homework each day. No standard errors are reported here for aggregated data. \2\Percent of students agreeing or strongly agreeing with this statement: "Mathematics is useful for solving everyday problems." No standard errors are reported here for aggregated data. \3\Policy under development or requirements to take effect after 2000. \4\Not a participating jurisdiction in the NAEP 2000 state assessment program in mathematics. \5\1994 data. \6\Local board determines policy. \7\No statewide policy. \8\1996 data. \9\1998 data. \10\Standards-based reform. \11\Varies by district. \12\Includes math and science courses. \13\Standard error estimates cannot be accurately determined. \14\No policy beyond course credits. NOTE: Data are for 2000 unless otherwise specified. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Mathematics Assessment, prepared by Educational Testing Service (columns 6 to 9); and Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on K-12 Education 1998 and 2000 (columns 2 to 5). (This table was prepared August 2001.) |
