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Table 123. Selected statistics on mathematics education for public school students, by state or jurisdiction: 2000, 2003, and 2004
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                     |          |                  |            |           Percent of eighth-grade students
                     |          |     Length of    |            |                  reporting (2003)
                     |      Math|    school year   |            |__________________________________________________
                     |     units|     (in days)    | High school|   3 or more|     Spending|         |Watching 6 or
                     |  required|__________________|   exit exam|    hours of|   30 minutes| Positive|more hours of
                     |       for|        |         |required for|        math|   or more on|attitudes|television or
                     |graduation|        |         |  graduation| instruction|math homework|   toward|   videotapes
State or jurisdiction|   in 2004|    2000|     2004|     in 2004|   each week|  each day\1\|  math\2\|     each day
_____________________|__________|________|_________|____________|____________|_____________|_________|_____________
1                    |         2|       3|        4|           5|           6|            7|        8|            9
_____________________|__________|________|_________|____________|____________|_____________|_________|_____________
   United States ....|      --- |    --- |     --- |        --- |  88   (0.7)|           57|       72|   15   (0.2)
                     |__________|________|_________|____________|____________|_____________|_________|_____________
Alabama .............|         4|     175|      175|        Yes |  77   (4.1)|           55|       74|   21   (1.1)
Alaska ..............|         2|     180|      180|        Yes |  92   (2.1)|         --- |     --- | ---     (†)
Arizona .............|         2|\3\  175|      175| \4\    Yes |  86   (3.3)|           59|       72|   11   (0.7)
Arkansas ............|         4|     178|      178|         No |  86   (3.6)|           57|       75|   18   (0.9)
California ..........|         2|     175|      180| \4\    Yes |  87   (3.4)|           70|       67|   14   (0.7)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Colorado ............|      \5\ |    \6\ |      170|         No |  91   (2.9)|           63|       68|    9   (0.7)
Connecticut .........|         3|     180|      180|         No |  93   (2.3)|           56|       73|   15   (0.8)
Delaware ............|         3|    \6\ |     \6\ |         No | 100  (---) |           51|       78|   18   (0.8)
District of Columbia |         3|\7\  180|      180| \4\    Yes |  92   (0.5)|           56|       76|   34   (1.1)
Florida .............|         3|     180|      180|        Yes |  79   (4.6)|           57|       74|   20   (1.1)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Georgia .............|         4|\7\  180|      180|        Yes |  83   (3.5)|           59|       74|   18   (0.9)
Hawaii ..............|         3|     184|      183|         No |  93   (0.3)|           66|       70|   20   (0.8)
Idaho ...............|\8\      4|     180|      170| \4\    Yes |  90   (2.1)|           56|       70|    9   (0.6)
Illinois ............|         2|\9\  180|      185|         No |  83   (3.6)|           62|       73|   15   (0.8)
Indiana .............|\8\      4|     180|      180|        Yes |  87   (3.4)|           59|       72|   13   (0.9)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Iowa ................|      \5\ |     180|      180|         No |  84   (3.6)|           56|       75|   10   (0.6)
Kansas ..............|         2|     186|      186|         No |  83   (4.3)|           56|       75|   11   (0.6)
Kentucky ............|         3|     175|     \6\ |         No |  90   (3.1)|           54|       75|   15   (0.8)
Louisiana ...........|         3|     175|      177|        Yes |  92   (3.0)|           50|       78|   23   (1.0)
Maine ...............|         2|     175|      180|         No |  91   (2.0)|           58|       74|   10   (0.7)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Maryland ............|         3|     180|      180| \4\    Yes |  83   (4.1)|           52|       74|   20   (0.9)
Massachusetts .......|      \5\ |     180|      180|        Yes |  91   (3.0)|           60|       75|   11   (0.6)
Michigan ............|      \5\ |     180|      185| \4\    Yes |  90   (3.1)|           52|       74|   16   (1.0)
Minnesota ...........|         3|   \10\ |     \6\ |        Yes |  89   (2.7)|           53|       74|    8   (0.6)
Mississippi .........|         3|     180|      180|        Yes |  82   (3.5)|           50|       78|   23   (1.1)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Missouri ............|         2|     174|      174|         No |  91   (2.4)|           57|       72|   14   (0.7)
Montana .............|         2|     180|      180|         No |  91   (1.3)|           58|       75|    9   (0.6)
Nebraska ............|      \5\ |    \6\ |     \6\ |         No |  89   (1.4)|           59|       74|   10   (0.7)
Nevada ..............|         3|     180|      180|        Yes |  91   (0.6)|           60|       71|   16   (0.7)
New Hampshire .......|         2|     180|      180|         No |  92   (1.8)|           57|       70|   10   (0.6)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
New Jersey ..........|         3|    180 |      180|        Yes |  84   (4.1)|           54|       76|   15   (0.7)
New Mexico ..........|         3|     180|      180|        Yes |  84   (3.1)|           61|       72|   13   (0.9)
New York ............|         2|\7\  180|      180|        Yes |  91   (2.7)|           51|       74|   17   (0.8)
North Carolina ......|         3|     180|      180|        Yes |  81   (3.7)|           63|       78|   16   (0.6)
North Dakota ........|      \5\ |     173|      173|         No |  89   (1.5)|           54|       76|    8   (0.6)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Ohio ................|         3|     182|      182| \4\    Yes |  91   (3.2)|           53|       73|   14   (0.7)
Oklahoma ............|         3|     180|      180| \4\    Yes |  84   (3.8)|           55|       68|   14   (0.8)
Oregon ..............|         2|    \6\ |     \6\ |         No |  88   (3.1)|           58|       67|   11   (0.7)
Pennsylvania ........|      \5\ |     180|      180|         No |  93   (2.6)|           46|       75|   14   (0.9)
Rhode Island ........|         2|     180|      180|         No |  91   (0.4)|           55|       68|   14   (0.8)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
South Carolina ......|         4|     180|      180| \4\    Yes |  83   (4.0)|           55|       77|   19   (0.9)
South Dakota ........|         2|    --- |      170|         No |  93   (1.0)|           60|       76|    8   (0.5)
Tennessee ...........|         3|     180|      180| \4\    Yes |  85   (3.3)|           53|       73|   18   (1.0)
Texas ...............|         3|     187|      180| \4\    Yes |  92   (2.8)|           57|       73|   16   (0.8)
Utah ................|         2|     180|      180| \4\    Yes |  95   (1.9)|           53|       66|    7   (0.5)
                     |          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
Vermont .............|\10\     5|     175|      175|         No |  78   (2.4)|           57|       70|   10   (0.7)
Virginia ............|         3|     180|      180|        Yes |  92   (2.7)|           55|       74|   17   (1.0)
Washington ..........|         2|\9\  180|      180| \4\    Yes |  89   (3.5)|           59|       70|   12   (0.7)
West Virginia .......|         3|     180|      180|         No |  91   (3.0)|           47|       75|   15   (1.0)
Wisconsin ...........|         2|     180|      180|         No |  93   (2.6)|           52|       73|   12   (0.9)
Wyoming .............|         3|     175|      175|         No |  97   (0.2)|           58|       73|   11   (0.6)
                     |==========|========|=========|============|============|=============|=========|=============
Department of Defense|          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
   dependents schools|          |        |         |            |            |             |         |
  Domestic schools ..|\11\     3|     183|     --- | \11\    No |  68   (1.3)|           63|       79|   17   (1.3)
  Overseas schools ..|\11\     3|     183|     --- | \11\    No |  91   (0.5)|           72|       74|   11   (0.6)
_____________________|__________|________|_________|____________|____________|_____________|_________|_____________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\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\1994 data.
\4\Exit exam policy under development or takes effect after 2004.
\5\Local board determines policy.
\6\No statewide policy.
\7\1996 data.
\8\Semester credits.
\9\1998 data.
\10\Includes math and science courses.
\11\2000 data.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Assessment; and Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2000 and 2004. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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