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| Table 162. | Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scale score of 8th-graders and percentage reporting various attitudes toward mathematics work, by frequency of attitude and selected student and school characteristics: 2011 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Student or school characteristic | Math work is engaging and interesting | Math work is challenging | Math work is too easy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never or hardly ever | Sometimes | Often | Always/ almost always | Never or hardly ever | Sometimes | Often | Always/ almost always | Never or hardly ever | Sometimes | Often | Always/ almost always | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Average scale score1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 280 | (0.3) | 284 | (0.3) | 289 | (0.3) | 286 | (0.5) | 293 | (0.4) | 285 | (0.3) | 283 | (0.3) | 274 | (0.6) | 284 | (0.4) | 283 | (0.2) | 287 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.7) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 281 | (0.4) | 285 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.5) | 287 | (0.7) | 295 | (0.6) | 286 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.5) | 272 | (0.8) | 283 | (0.6) | 283 | (0.3) | 289 | (0.5) | 292 | (0.8) | |
| Female | 278 | (0.4) | 283 | (0.4) | 288 | (0.5) | 286 | (0.6) | 290 | (0.6) | 284 | (0.3) | 283 | (0.4) | 276 | (0.7) | 285 | (0.5) | 282 | (0.3) | 285 | (0.5) | 286 | (1.1) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 286 | (0.3) | 294 | (0.3) | 299 | (0.3) | 300 | (0.7) | 300 | (0.6) | 294 | (0.3) | 293 | (0.3) | 285 | (0.6) | 291 | (0.4) | 293 | (0.2) | 297 | (0.4) | 298 | (0.7) | |
| Black | 261 | (0.9) | 263 | (0.6) | 265 | (0.7) | 265 | (0.7) | 274 | (1.1) | 265 | (0.5) | 262 | (0.7) | 253 | (1.0) | 262 | (0.8) | 261 | (0.6) | 266 | (0.6) | 270 | (1.2) | |
| Hispanic | 267 | (0.7) | 269 | (0.7) | 274 | (0.7) | 274 | (1.0) | 277 | (1.2) | 271 | (0.6) | 270 | (0.8) | 262 | (1.2) | 268 | (1.2) | 269 | (0.6) | 275 | (0.8) | 275 | (1.8) | |
| Asian | 300 | (2.1) | 304 | (1.5) | 309 | (1.5) | 309 | (2.3) | 317 | (2.6) | 306 | (1.4) | 303 | (1.7) | 295 | (4.1) | 312 | (2.8) | 303 | (1.2) | 307 | (1.7) | 312 | (3.1) | |
| Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander |
272 | (5.8) | 267 | (3.3) | 276 | (4.6) | 272 | (6.0) | 268 | (11.9) | 273 | (3.1) | 271 | (4.4) | 257 | (6.0) | 272 | (4.3) | 271 | (3.1) | 268 | (4.6) | 277 | (9.5) | |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
263 | (2.1) | 267 | (2.1) | 269 | (1.8) | 268 | (2.8) | 275 | (3.6) | 267 | (1.6) | 266 | (1.6) | 260 | (3.7) | 267 | (3.0) | 265 | (1.3) | 267 | (2.0) | 275 | (4.5) | |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 266 | (0.5) | 269 | (0.4) | 273 | (0.4) | 271 | (0.6) | 279 | (0.7) | 271 | (0.4) | 268 | (0.4) | 258 | (0.6) | 266 | (0.6) | 268 | (0.3) | 274 | (0.5) | 276 | (1.1) | |
| Not eligible | 288 | (0.4) | 296 | (0.4) | 301 | (0.4) | 301 | (0.6) | 303 | (0.6) | 296 | (0.3) | 295 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.7) | 295 | (0.5) | 295 | (0.3) | 299 | (0.6) | 301 | (0.9) | |
| Unknown | 290 | (1.5) | 296 | (1.2) | 301 | (1.5) | 301 | (2.2) | 305 | (1.7) | 298 | (1.5) | 295 | (1.3) | 286 | (2.7) | 295 | (1.7) | 295 | (1.1) | 300 | (1.5) | 304 | (3.2) | |
| Control of school | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 279 | (0.3) | 283 | (0.3) | 287 | (0.3) | 285 | (0.5) | 292 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.3) | 282 | (0.3) | 273 | (0.6) | 283 | (0.4) | 282 | (0.2) | 286 | (0.4) | 288 | (0.7) | |
| Private | 290 | (1.2) | 296 | (1.0) | 301 | (1.2) | 300 | (1.9) | 305 | (1.6) | 298 | (1.2) | 295 | (1.0) | 286 | (2.1) | 295 | (1.3) | 295 | (0.9) | 301 | (1.3) | 304 | (2.7) | |
| Percent of students | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 23 | (0.2) | 36 | (0.2) | 27 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.2) | 31 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.1) | 17 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 21 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 23 | (0.3) | 35 | (0.3) | 28 | (0.3) | 14 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.3) | 31 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.2) | 15 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.3) | 23 | (0.3) | 9 | (0.2) | |
| Female | 23 | (0.2) | 38 | (0.2) | 26 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 47 | (0.3) | 30 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.1) | 19 | (0.2) | 55 | (0.3) | 19 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.2) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 26 | (0.3) | 37 | (0.2) | 26 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.3) | 31 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.1) | 20 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 19 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.1) | |
| Black | 18 | (0.4) | 34 | (0.5) | 28 | (0.4) | 20 | (0.4) | 12 | (0.4) | 45 | (0.5) | 31 | (0.4) | 13 | (0.3) | 15 | (0.3) | 55 | (0.5) | 21 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.3) | |
| Hispanic | 19 | (0.5) | 38 | (0.5) | 29 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.3) | 48 | (0.5) | 32 | (0.5) | 10 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.3) | 56 | (0.5) | 24 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.4) | |
| Asian | 15 | (0.6) | 36 | (0.9) | 32 | (0.9) | 18 | (0.9) | 16 | (1.0) | 50 | (1.2) | 27 | (1.1) | 7 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.6) | 49 | (1.0) | 29 | (0.8) | 12 | (0.6) | |
| Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander |
12 | (1.9) | 36 | (3.2) | 36 | (3.2) | 15 | (2.0) | 12 | (2.7) | 45 | (4.4) | 32 | (3.5) | 10 | (1.3) | 8 | (1.0) | 48 | (3.6) | 37 | (3.3) | 7 | (1.5) | |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
23 | (1.4) | 37 | (1.5) | 27 | (1.2) | 13 | (1.0) | 11 | (0.9) | 44 | (1.5) | 33 | (1.6) | 12 | (1.0) | 15 | (1.0) | 59 | (1.6) | 19 | (1.0) | 6 | (0.6) | |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 21 | (0.3) | 36 | (0.3) | 27 | (0.2) | 15 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 47 | (0.3) | 31 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.2) | 55 | (0.3) | 23 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.2) | |
| Not eligible | 25 | (0.2) | 37 | (0.2) | 27 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.3) | 31 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.1) | 18 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 20 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) | |
| Unknown | 23 | (0.7) | 36 | (0.8) | 28 | (0.7) | 13 | (0.6) | 11 | (0.5) | 44 | (0.8) | 35 | (0.8) | 10 | (0.5) | 22 | (0.8) | 56 | (0.9) | 17 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.4) | |
| Control of school | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 23 | (0.2) | 37 | (0.2) | 27 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 47 | (0.2) | 30 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.1) | 16 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 22 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) | |
| Private | 24 | (0.6) | 35 | (0.6) | 28 | (0.5) | 13 | (0.4) | 11 | (0.4) | 44 | (0.6) | 35 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.4) | 21 | (0.6) | 56 | (0.7) | 17 | (0.5) | 5 | (0.3) | |
| 1 Scale ranges from 0 to 500. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Includes students tested with accommodations (10 percent of all 8th-grade students); excludes only those students with disabilities and English language learners who were unable to be tested even with accommodations (2 percent of all 8th-grade students). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Assessment, retrieved November 1, 2011, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared November 2011.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
