| 2004 long-term trend mathematics, percentage at or above each performance level, by contextual variable, age 17: Selected years, 1978–2004 |
| Statistic |
Contextual variable |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1999 |
2004 Bridge |
| Percent at or above level 250 |
Highest mathematics course taken |
All assessed students |
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| Pre-algebra (or less) |
74 |
(1.4) |
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78 |
(1.6) |
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87 |
(1.5) |
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87 |
(1.9) |
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85 |
(2.5) |
|
84 |
(2.6) |
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82 |
(3.4) |
|
87 |
(3.1) |
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79 |
(4.2) |
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| Algebra (1st year) |
92 |
(0.7) |
|
94 |
(0.9) |
|
96 |
(1.1) |
|
96 |
(1.7) |
|
97 |
(1.2) |
|
96 |
(0.9) |
|
94 |
(1.2) |
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94 |
(1.6) |
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92 |
(1.7) |
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| Geometry |
99 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.3) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(1.0) |
|
99 |
(0.6) |
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99 |
— |
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99 |
(0.8) |
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98 |
(0.9) |
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98 |
(0.9) |
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| Algebra (2nd year) |
99 |
(0.1) |
|
99 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
— |
|
100 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
(0.2) |
|
100 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
(0.3) |
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99 |
(0.2) |
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99 |
(0.4) |
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| Calculus |
99 |
(0.3) |
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99 |
(0.7) |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
(0.1) |
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100 |
— |
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| Something else |
81 |
(2.3) |
|
85 |
(2.3) |
|
87 |
(4.5) |
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82 |
(5.2) |
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87 |
(7.8) |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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88 |
(3.4) |
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— |
— |
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| Highest mathematics course taken by gender |
Male |
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| Pre-algebra |
77 |
(1.7) |
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82 |
(1.8) |
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89 |
(2.3) |
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87 |
(3.0) |
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88 |
(2.7) |
|
88 |
(3.2) |
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85 |
(4.9) |
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87 |
(4.2) |
|
83 |
(4.6) |
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| Algebra (1st year) |
94 |
(0.9) |
|
95 |
(1.3) |
|
96 |
(1.3) |
|
97 |
(1.6) |
|
97 |
(1.5) |
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98 |
(0.9) |
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95 |
(1.9) |
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93 |
(2.7) |
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93 |
(1.8) |
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| Geometry |
99 |
(0.4) |
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99 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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99 |
— |
|
98 |
— |
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98 |
(1.1) |
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| Algebra (2nd year) |
100 |
(0.2) |
|
99 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
(0.3) |
|
100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
|
100 |
(0.2) |
|
100 |
— |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.6) |
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| Calculus |
99 |
— |
|
99 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
99 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
99 |
— |
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| Something else |
84 |
(2.8) |
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86 |
(3.3) |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
— |
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| Female |
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| Pre-algebra |
71 |
(1.6) |
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75 |
(1.9) |
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85 |
(2.2) |
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86 |
(3.0) |
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81 |
(4.2) |
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80 |
(3.8) |
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79 |
(5.0) |
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87 |
(3.5) |
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73 |
(6.4) |
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| Algebra (1st year) |
91 |
(0.8) |
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92 |
(1.0) |
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96 |
(1.4) |
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95 |
(2.3) |
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97 |
(1.9) |
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94 |
(1.8) |
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93 |
(1.7) |
|
95 |
(2.6) |
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91 |
(3.0) |
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| Geometry |
98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(1.3) |
|
98 |
(0.9) |
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98 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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97 |
(1.7) |
|
98 |
(0.9) |
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| Algebra (2nd year) |
99 |
(0.2) |
|
99 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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99 |
(0.3) |
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99 |
(0.4) |
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99 |
(0.2) |
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99 |
(0.5) |
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| Calculus |
100 |
(0.3) |
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99 |
(0.7) |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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| Something else |
77 |
(3.3) |
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83 |
(3.4) |
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| Highest mathematics course taken by race/ethnicity |
White |
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| Pre-algebra |
83 |
(1.1) |
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86 |
(1.3) |
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92 |
(1.6) |
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91 |
(1.6) |
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90 |
(2.7) |
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88 |
(2.7) |
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88 |
(4.6) |
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89 |
(3.7) |
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86 |
(4.9) |
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| Algebra (1st year) |
96 |
(0.4) |
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97 |
(0.5) |
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98 |
(0.8) |
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98 |
(1.1) |
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99 |
(0.7) |
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98 |
(1.0) |
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97 |
(1.2) |
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98 |
— |
|
95 |
(1.8) |
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| Geometry |
99 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
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100 |
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100 |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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| Algebra (2nd year) |
100 |
(0.1) |
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100 |
(0.1) |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
(0.2) |
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100 |
— |
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| Calculus |
100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
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100 |
— |
|
100 |
(0.1) |
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99 |
— |
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| Something else |
89 |
(1.8) |
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91 |
(2.4) |
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| Black |
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| Pre-algebra |
45 |
(2.6) |
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54 |
(2.1) |
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73 |
(4.6) |
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80 |
(6.0) |
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64 |
(8.9) |
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| Algebra (1st year) |
71 |
(2.5) |
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78 |
(3.0) |
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86 |
(6.2) |
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91 |
(6.1) |
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93 |
(4.9) |
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89 |
(4.6) |
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85 |
(4.6) |
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79 |
(5.1) |
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— |
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| Geometry |
90 |
(3.4) |
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92 |
(2.5) |
|
97 |
— |
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95 |
— |
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94 |
(3.3) |
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94 |
— |
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95 |
— |
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92 |
(2.6) |
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93 |
(3.6) |
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| Algebra (2nd year) |
95 |
(1.1) |
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96 |
(1.1) |
|
97 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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98 |
— |
|
96 |
(1.3) |
|
97 |
(1.3) |
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| Calculus |
96 |
(2.7) |
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92 |
(4.3) |
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| Something else |
50 |
(8.0) |
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64 |
(7.1) |
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| Hispanic |
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| Pre-algebra |
59 |
(3.7) |
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63 |
(4.4) |
! |
81 |
(6.2) |
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| Algebra (1st year) |
82 |
(3.2) |
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87 |
(4.6) |
! |
97 |
(2.1) |
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| Geometry |
97 |
— |
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95 |
(2.8) |
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— |
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96 |
— |
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| Algebra (2nd year) |
97 |
(1.4) |
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97 |
(1.5) |
! |
97 |
— |
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99 |
— |
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100 |
— |
! |
98 |
(1.6) |
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99 |
— |
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100 |
— |
|
96 |
(1.8) |
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| Calculus |
— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
— |
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100 |
— |
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| Something else |
70 |
(6.8) |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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| Computer instruction |
Yes |
94 |
(1.8) |
|
93 |
(2.0) |
|
96 |
(1.3) |
|
98 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(1.4) |
|
96 |
(1.2) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.9) |
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| No |
92 |
(1.3) |
* |
93 |
(1.2) |
* |
96 |
(0.8) |
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96 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
96 |
(0.9) |
|
97 |
(0.5) |
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| Computer access |
Yes |
96 |
(1.9) |
|
96 |
(1.3) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(1.0) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
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98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.5) |
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| No |
92 |
(1.3) |
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91 |
(1.3) |
|
94 |
(1.5) |
|
96 |
(1.2) |
|
97 |
(1.0) |
|
96 |
(1.2) |
|
97 |
(1.1) |
|
94 |
(1.5) |
|
94 |
(1.1) |
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| Computer use |
Yes |
94 |
(1.1) |
* |
93 |
(1.1) |
* |
97 |
(0.9) |
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97 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.8) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.4) |
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| No |
92 |
(1.5) |
* |
94 |
(1.5) |
|
95 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(1.0) |
|
97 |
(1.2) |
|
97 |
(0.9) |
|
97 |
(1.1) |
|
95 |
(1.1) |
|
96 |
(0.7) |
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| Frequency of doing mathematics homework |
Often |
95 |
(1.0) |
* |
96 |
(0.8) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
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| Sometimes |
88 |
(1.8) |
* |
91 |
(2.3) |
|
93 |
(1.6) |
|
93 |
(2.2) |
|
93 |
(2.0) |
|
94 |
(1.8) |
|
95 |
(1.5) |
|
93 |
(1.4) |
|
94 |
(1.2) |
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| Never |
86 |
(4.8) |
|
88 |
(3.0) |
|
92 |
(3.1) |
|
86 |
(3.8) |
|
86 |
(4.6) |
|
87 |
(4.8) |
|
89 |
(3.8) |
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81 |
(5.0) |
|
89 |
(2.4) |
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| TV watched each day |
0 - 2 hours |
94 |
(0.5) |
* |
95 |
(0.5) |
* |
98 |
(0.4) |
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97 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
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| 3 - 5 hours |
91 |
(0.8) |
* |
92 |
(0.8) |
* |
95 |
(0.5) |
|
96 |
(1.0) |
|
95 |
(0.7) |
|
96 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(0.5) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
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| 6 or more hours |
79 |
(2.0) |
* |
83 |
(1.7) |
* |
88 |
(2.7) |
|
90 |
(1.9) |
|
90 |
(2.5) |
|
92 |
(2.1) |
|
89 |
(2.4) |
|
90 |
(2.4) |
|
90 |
(2.7) |
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| Percent at or above level 300 |
Highest mathematics course taken |
All assessed students |
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