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Table 121. Average scale score in mathematics, percentage attaining mathematics achievement levels, and selected statistics on mathematics education of 4th-graders in public schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1992 through 2005
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                         |                                   |     Percent attaining mathematics    | Percent of|Percent of students, 2003
                         |           Average scale score     |      achievement levels, 2005\1\     |   students|__________________________
                         |___________________________________|______________________________________|  with 5 or|    Spending|
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        |         |          | more hours|  30 minutes|     Watching
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        |         |          |    of math|     or more|   6 hours or
                         |        |        |        |        |        |        |   Profi-|          |instruction|     on math|      more of
                         |        |        |        |        |   Below|Basic or| cient or|      Ad- |       each|    homework|   television
State or jurisdiction    |    1992|    2000|    2003|    2005|   basic|above\2\| above\3\| vanced\4\| week, 2005| each day\5\|     each day
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_____________
1                        |       2|       3|       4|      5 |       6|       7|        8|         9|         10|          11|           12
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_____________
   United States ........|219(0.8)|224(1.0)|234(0.2)|237(0.2)| 21(0.2)| 80(0.2)| 35 (0.2)|  5  (0.1)|  83  (0.4)|          49|  21    (0.2)
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_____________
Alabama .................|208(1.6)|217(1.2)|223(1.2)|225(0.9)| 34(1.3)| 66(1.3)| 21 (1.1)|  2  (0.4)|  92  (1.6)|          47|  22    (1.1)
Alaska ..................|--- (†) |--- (†) |233(0.8)|236(1.0)| 23(1.1)| 77(1.1)| 34 (1.7)|  5  (0.6)|  78  (2.9)|        --- | ---     (†)
Arizona .................|215(1.1)|219(1.3)|229(1.1)|230(1.1)| 30(1.3)| 70(1.3)| 28 (1.6)|  3  (0.7)|  80  (3.2)|          52|  19    (1.0)
Arkansas ................|210(0.9)|216(1.1)|229(0.9)|236(0.9)| 22(1.2)| 78(1.2)| 34 (1.4)|  4  (0.5)|  91  (1.8)|          51|  24    (1.0)
California\6\ ...........|208(1.6)|213(1.6)|227(0.9)|230(0.6)| 29(0.7)| 71(0.7)| 28 (0.8)|  4  (0.4)|  87  (1.3)|          56|  20    (0.7)
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Colorado ................|221(1.0)|--- (†) |235(1.0)|239(1.1)| 20(1.4)| 81(1.4)| 39 (1.6)|  6  (0.8)|  88  (1.9)|          50|  15    (0.8)
Connecticut .............|227(1.1)|234(1.1)|241(0.8)|242(0.8)| 16(1.0)| 84(1.0)| 43 (1.4)|  7  (0.6)|  86  (2.2)|          42|  21    (0.8)
Delaware ................|218(0.8)|--- (†) |236(0.5)|240(0.5)| 16(0.8)| 84(0.8)| 36 (1.2)|  4  (0.5)|  85  (0.4)|          49|  25    (0.7)
District of Columbia ....|193(0.5)|192(1.1)|205(0.7)|211(0.8)| 55(1.2)| 45(1.2)|9.6 (0.8)|  1  (0.3)|  86  (0.5)|          52|  32    (1.0)
Florida .................|214(1.5)|--- (†) |234(1.1)|239(0.7)| 18(0.6)| 82(0.6)| 37 (1.1)|  5  (0.7)|  86  (1.4)|          50|  26    (1.0)
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Georgia .................|216(1.2)|219(1.1)|230(1.0)|234(1.0)| 24(1.3)| 76(1.3)| 30 (1.5)|  4  (0.5)|  90  (2.1)|          48|  23    (1.1)
Hawaii ..................|214(1.3)|216(1.0)|227(1.0)|230(0.8)| 27(1.1)| 73(1.1)| 27 (1.3)|  3  (0.4)|  78  (3.0)|          58|  23    (1.1)
Idaho\6\ ................|222(1.0)|224(1.4)|235(0.7)|242(0.7)| 14(0.8)| 86(0.8)| 40 (1.6)|  5  (0.6)|  77  (2.5)|          49|  14    (0.6)
Illinois\6\ .............|--- (†) |223(1.9)|233(1.1)|233(1.0)| 26(1.2)| 74(1.2)| 32 (1.5)|  5  (0.8)|  69  (2.9)|          50|  21    (0.9)
Indiana\6\ ..............|221(1.0)|233(1.1)|238(0.9)|240(0.9)| 16(0.9)| 84(0.9)| 38 (1.7)|  5  (0.6)|  78  (2.8)|          50|  23    (0.9)
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Iowa\6\ .................|230(1.0)|231(1.2)|238(0.7)|240(0.7)| 15(1.0)| 85(1.0)| 37 (1.3)|  4  (0.4)|  72  (3.2)|          46|  17    (1.0)
Kansas\6\ ...............|--- (†) |232(1.6)|242(1.0)|246(1.0)| 12(0.7)| 88(0.7)| 47 (1.6)|  8  (0.8)|  92  (1.5)|          48|  19    (1.1)
Kentucky ................|215(1.0)|219(1.4)|229(1.1)|232(0.9)| 25(1.2)| 75(1.2)| 26 (1.4)|  3  (0.5)|  68  (3.3)|          49|  24    (0.8)
Louisiana ...............|204(1.5)|218(1.4)|226(1.0)|230(0.9)| 26(1.3)| 74(1.3)| 24 (1.3)|  2  (0.4)|  92  (2.0)|          43|  24    (1.2)
Maine\6\ ................|232(1.0)|230(1.0)|238(0.7)|241(0.8)| 16(0.9)| 84(0.9)| 39 (1.4)|  5  (0.6)|  77  (2.8)|          46|  15    (0.9)
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Maryland ................|217(1.3)|222(1.2)|233(1.3)|238(1.0)| 21(1.3)| 79(1.3)| 38 (1.5)|  7  (1.0)|  95  (1.2)|          42|  25    (1.1)
Massachusetts ...........|227(1.2)|233(1.2)|242(0.8)|247(0.8)|9.4(0.7)| 91(0.7)| 49 (1.5)|  8  (0.7)|  89  (1.9)|          47|  19    (0.7)
Michigan\6\ .............|220(1.7)|229(1.6)|236(0.9)|238(1.2)| 21(1.5)| 79(1.5)| 38 (1.7)|  5  (0.7)|  73  (3.0)|          46|  22    (0.9)
Minnesota\6\ ............|228(0.9)|234(1.3)|242(0.9)|246(1.0)| 12(0.9)| 88(0.9)| 47 (1.7)|  8  (0.8)|  81  (2.7)|          48|  15    (0.8)
Mississippi .............|202(1.1)|211(1.1)|223(1.0)|227(0.9)| 31(1.4)| 69(1.4)| 19 (1.2)|  1  (0.3)|  91  (1.5)|          51|  24    (1.0)
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Missouri ................|222(1.2)|228(1.2)|235(0.9)|235(0.9)| 21(1.3)| 79(1.3)| 31 (1.3)|  3  (0.5)|  83  (2.5)|          49|  21    (1.0)
Montana\6\ ..............|--- (†) |228(1.7)|236(0.8)|241(0.8)| 15(1.1)| 85(1.1)| 38 (1.4)|  4  (0.5)|  73  (2.0)|          49|  13    (0.7)
Nebraska ................|225(1.2)|225(1.8)|236(0.8)|238(0.9)| 20(1.0)| 80(1.0)| 36 (1.3)|  5  (0.6)|  75  (2.5)|          51|  19    (1.1)
Nevada ..................|--- (†) |220(1.0)|228(0.8)|230(0.8)| 28(1.0)| 72(1.0)| 26 (1.2)|  3  (0.4)|  92  (1.3)|          47|  19    (0.8)
New Hampshire ...........|230(1.2)|--- (†) |243(0.9)|246(0.9)| 11(0.9)| 89(0.9)| 47 (1.5)|  6  (0.6)|  69  (2.9)|          45|  15    (0.8)
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New Jersey ..............|227(1.5)|--- (†) |239(1.1)|244(1.1)| 14(1.1)| 86(1.1)| 45 (1.7)|  8  (0.9)|  78  (3.6)|          45|  20    (1.1)
New Mexico ..............|213(1.4)|213(1.5)|223(1.1)|224(0.8)| 35(1.5)| 65(1.5)| 19 (1.1)|  2  (0.4)|  76  (2.0)|          55|  18    (0.8)
New York\6\ .............|218(1.2)|225(1.4)|236(0.9)|238(0.9)| 19(1.0)| 81(1.0)| 36 (1.3)|  5  (0.5)|  77  (2.2)|          47|  23    (1.0)
North Carolina ..........|213(1.1)|230(1.1)|242(0.8)|241(0.9)| 17(1.1)| 83(1.1)| 40 (1.4)|  7  (0.8)|  86  (2.4)|          50|  20    (0.8)
North Dakota ............|229(0.8)|230(1.2)|238(0.7)|243(0.5)| 11(0.8)| 89(0.8)| 40 (1.5)|  4  (0.6)|  63  (0.6)|          48|  14    (0.7)
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Ohio\6\ .................|219(1.2)|230(1.5)|238(1.0)|242(1.0)| 16(1.2)| 84(1.2)| 43 (1.5)|  7  (0.7)|  79  (2.6)|          45|  21    (1.0)
Oklahoma ................|220(1.0)|224(1.0)|229(1.0)|234(1.0)| 21(1.2)| 79(1.2)| 29 (1.5)|  2  (0.4)|  75  (2.4)|          48|  21    (1.0)
Oregon\6\ ...............|--- (†) |224(1.8)|236(0.9)|238(0.8)| 20(0.9)| 80(0.9)| 37 (1.3)|  6  (0.6)|  77  (2.8)|          49|  16    (0.8)
Pennsylvania ............|224(1.3)|--- (†) |236(1.1)|241(1.2)| 18(1.2)| 82(1.2)| 42 (1.6)|  6  (0.8)|  85  (2.5)|          41|  23    (1.0)
Rhode Island ............|215(1.5)|224(1.1)|230(1.0)|233(0.9)| 24(1.3)| 76(1.3)| 31  1.2 |  4  (0.5)|  87  (1.8)|          44|  19    (1.0)
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South Carolina ..........|212(1.1)|220(1.4)|236(0.9)|238(0.9)| 19(1.1)| 82(1.1)| 36 (1.5)|  5  (0.6)|  86  (2.3)|          47|  25    (0.9)
South Dakota ............|--- (†) |--- (†) |237(0.7)|242(0.5)| 14(0.8)| 86(0.8)| 41 (1.3)|  4  (0.4)|  71  (0.6)|          55|  14    (0.8)
Tennessee ...............|211(1.4)|220(1.4)|228(1.0)|232(1.2)| 26(1.5)| 74(1.5)| 28 (1.7)|  3  (0.5)|  82  (2.3)|          50|  23    (0.9)
Texas ...................|218(1.2)|231(1.1)|237(0.9)|242(0.6)| 13(0.6)| 87(0.6)| 40 (0.9)|  5  (0.4)|  92  (1.1)|          53|  19    (0.9)
Utah ....................|224(1.0)|227(1.3)|235(0.8)|239(0.8)| 17(1.0)| 83(1.0)| 37 (1.5)|  4  (0.6)|  72  (2.5)|          46|  15    (0.8)
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Vermont\6\ ..............|--- (†) |232(1.6)|242(0.8)|244(0.5)| 13(0.8)| 87(0.8)| 44 (1.1)|  6  (0.6)|  86  (0.6)|          47|  14    (0.9)
Virginia ................|221(1.3)|230(1.0)|239(1.1)|241(0.9)| 17(1.1)| 83(1.1)| 39 (1.5)|  6  (0.8)|  77  (2.6)|          46|  23    (1.0)
Washington ..............|--- (†) |--- (†) |238(1.0)|242(0.9)| 16(1.1)| 84(1.1)| 42 (1.5)|  6  (0.7)|  86  (2.1)|          51|  17    (0.9)
West Virginia ...........|215(1.1)|223(1.3)|231(0.8)|231(0.7)| 25(1.1)| 75(1.1)| 25 (1.3)|  2  (0.3)|  82  (2.5)|          47|  22    (0.9)
Wisconsin\6\ ............|229(1.1)|--- (†) |237(0.9)|241(0.9)| 16(1.2)| 84(1.2)| 40 (1.4)|  5  (0.6)|  77  (2.7)|          49|  17    (0.7)
Wyoming .................|225(0.9)|229(1.1)|241(0.6)|243(0.6)| 13(0.9)| 87(0.9)| 43 (1.4)|  5  (0.7)|  88  (0.4)|          56|  15    (0.7)
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Department of Defense    |        |        |        |        |        |        |         |          |           |            |
   dependents schools\7\ |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |239(0.5)| 15(1.0)| 85(1.0)| 35 (1.2)|  3  (0.4)|  74  (0.5)|        --- |---      (†)
  Domestic schools ......|--- (†) |228(1.4)|237(0.7)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |---  (†) |---   (†) |---    (†) |          51|  21    (1.2)
  Overseas schools ......|--- (†) |226(0.9)|237(0.5)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |---  (†) |---   (†) |---    (†) |          52|  18    (0.6)
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Other jurisdictions      |        |        |        |        |        |        |         |          |           |            |
  American Samoa ........|--- (†) |152(2.5)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |---  (†) |---   (†) |---    (†) |        --- |---      (†)
  Guam ..................|193(0.8)|184(1.7)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |---  (†) |---   (†) |---    (†) |        --- |---      (†)
  Virgin Islands ........|--- (†) |181(1.8)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |---  (†) |---   (†) |---    (†) |        --- |---      (†)
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|____________|_____________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\Achievement levels are in trial status.
\2\The basic level denotes partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at the 4th grade level.
\3\This level represents solid academic mastery for 4th-graders. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter, including subject-matter knowledge, application of such knowledge to real-world situations, and analytical skills appropriate to the subject matter.
\4\This level signifies superior performance.
\5\Percent of students who report spending 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, and over 1 hour on mathematics homework each day.
\6\Did not meet one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates in 2000. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias.
\7\The definition of the national sample has changed in 2005, it now includes all of the Department of Defense schools.
NOTE: Excludes students unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Forty-three jurisdictions (states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense Schools) participated in the 2000 State Assessment of 4th-graders and met student and school participation criteria for reporting results. Fifty-three jurisdictions participated in the 2003 and 2005 state assessment and met student and school participation criteria for reporting results. Data for 2000, 2003 and 2005 are for situations where student accommodations for the testing were permitted. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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 The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics Highlights, 2003 and 2005; and unpublished tabulations, NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/), retrieved October 2005. (This table was prepared October 2005.)


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