Skip Navigation
small NCES header image
Digest of Education Statistics
2001 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Table 129. Length of school year and selected statistics on mathematics education for students in public schools, by region and state: 1998 and 2000

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                       |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)
                       |============|==========|==========|===========|==============|===========|==========|================
        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)
                       |============|==========|==========|===========|==============|===========|==========|================
         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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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\)       ---
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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\)       ---
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
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)
                       |============|==========|==========|===========|==============|===========|==========|================
Department of Defense  |            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
  dependents schools:  |          3 |      --- |      183 |        No |  100  (\13\) |        66 |       77 |   18      (1.7)
   Domestic schools ...|            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
   Overseas schools ...|            |          |          |           |              |           |          |
                       |============|==========|==========|===========|==============|===========|==========|================
    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\)       ---
_______________________|____________|__________|__________|___________|______________|___________|__________|________________

---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.)


2001 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest
National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
NewsFlash | Staff | Contact | Help | RSS | Privacy Policy
Statistical Standards | FedStats.gov | ChildStats.gov