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(30 KB) | Table 122. | Percent of students at or above selected mathematics proficiency levels, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and control of school: Selected years, 1978 to 1999 |
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| 9-year-olds\1\ | 13-year-olds\2\ | 17-year-olds\2\
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Sex, |___________________________________________|____________________________________________|____________________________________________
race/ | Simple |Beginning| Numerical| Moderately |Beginning|Numerical | Moderately |Multi-step| Beginning | Numerical|Moderately|Multi-step
ethnicity,| arith- | skills |operations| complex | skills |operations| complex | problem | skills |operations| complex | problem
control, | metic | and | and | procedures | and | and | procedures | solving | and | and |procedures| solving
and year | facts\3\| under- | beginning| and | under- | beginning| and | and | under- | beginning| and | and
| | stand- | problem |reasoning\6\| stand- | problem |reasoning\6\|algebra\7\|standing\4\| problem | reason- |algebra\7\
| | ing\4\ |solving\5\| | ing\4\|solving\5\| | | |solving\5\| ing\6\ |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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1978 .....|96.7(0.3)|70.4(0.9)|19.6 (0.7)| 0.8 (0.1)|94.6(0.5)|64.9 (1.2)| 18.0 (0.7)| 1.0 (0.2)| 99.8(0.1)|92.0 (0.5)|51.5 (1.1)| 7.3(0.4)
1982 .....|97.1(0.3)|71.4(1.2)|18.8 (1.0)| 0.6 (0.1)|97.7(0.4)|71.4 (1.2)| 17.4 (0.9)| 0.5 (0.1)| 99.9 (#) |93.0 (0.5)|48.5 (1.3)| 5.5(0.4)
1986 .....|97.9(0.3)|74.1(1.2)|20.7 (0.9)| 0.6 (0.2)|98.6(0.2)|73.3 (1.6)| 15.8 (1.0)| 0.4 (0.1)| 99.9(---)|95.6 (0.5)|51.7 (1.4)| 6.5(0.5)
1990 .....|99.1(0.2)|81.5(1.0)|27.7 (0.9)| 1.2 (0.3)|98.5(0.2)|74.7 (1.0)| 17.3 (1.0)| 0.4 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|96.0 (0.5)|56.1 (1.4)| 7.2(0.6)
1992 .....|99.0(0.2)|81.4(0.8)|27.8 (0.9)| 1.2 (0.3)|98.7(0.3)|77.9 (1.1)| 18.9 (1.0)| 0.4 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.6 (0.5)|59.1 (1.3)| 7.2(0.6)
1994 .....|99.0(0.2)|82.0(0.7)|29.9 (1.1)| 1.3 (0.4)|98.5(0.3)|78.1 (1.1)| 21.3 (1.4)| 0.6 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.5 (0.5)|58.6 (1.4)| 7.4(0.8)
1996 .....|99.1(0.2)|81.5(0.8)|29.7 (1.0)| 1.6 (0.3)|98.8(0.2)|78.6 (0.9)| 20.6 (1.2)| 0.6 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|96.8 (0.4)|60.1 (1.7)| 7.4(0.8)
1999 .....|98.9(0.2)|82.5(0.8)|30.9 (1.1)| 1.7 (0.3)|98.7(0.2)|78.8 (1.0)| 23.2 (1.0)| 0.9 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.8 (0.5)|60.7 (1.6)| 8.4(0.8)
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Male | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|96.2(0.5)|68.9(1.0)|19.2 (0.6)| 0.7 (0.2)|93.9(0.5)|63.9 (1.3)| 18.4 (0.9)| 1.1 (0.2)| 99.9(0.1)|93.0 (0.5)|55.1 (1.2)| 9.5(0.6)
1982 .....|96.5(0.5)|68.8(1.3)|18.1 (1.1)| 0.6 (0.1)|97.5(0.6)|71.3 (1.4)| 18.9 (1.2)| 0.7 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|93.9 (0.6)|51.9 (1.5)| 6.9(0.7)
1986 .....|98.0(0.5)|74.0(1.4)|20.9 (1.1)| 0.7 (0.3)|98.5(0.3)|73.8 (1.8)| 17.6 (1.1)| 0.5 (0.2)| 99.9(---)|96.1 (0.6)|54.6 (1.8)| 8.4(0.9)
1990 .....|99.0(0.3)|80.6(1.0)|27.5 (1.0)| 1.3 (0.4)|98.2(0.3)|75.1 (1.8)| 19.0 (1.2)| 0.5 (0.2)| 99.9(---)|95.8 (0.8)|57.6 (1.4)| 8.8(0.8)
1992 .....|99.0(0.3)|81.9(1.0)|29.4 (1.2)| 1.4 (0.3)|98.8(0.4)|78.1 (1.6)| 20.7 (1.1)| 0.5 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.9 (0.6)|60.5 (1.8)| 9.1(0.7)
1994 .....|99.1(0.3)|82.3(0.9)|31.5 (1.6)| 1.4 (0.4)|98.3(0.4)|78.9 (1.5)| 23.9 (1.6)| 0.8 (0.3)| 100.0(---)|97.3 (0.6)|60.2 (2.1)| 9.3(1.0)
1996 .....|99.1(0.2)|82.5(1.1)|32.7 (1.7)| 2.0 (0.5)|98.7(0.3)|79.8 (1.4)| 23.0 (1.6)| 0.8 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|97.0 (0.7)|62.7 (1.8)| 9.5(1.3)
1999 .....|98.8(0.3)|82.6(0.9)|32.4 (1.3)| 1.9 (0.4)|98.5(0.3)|79.3 (1.1)| 25.4 (1.2)| 1.2 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.5 (0.8)|63.1 (2.1)| 9.8(1.1)
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Female | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|97.2(0.3)|72.0(1.1)|19.9 (1.0)| 0.8 (0.2)|95.2(0.5)|65.9 (1.2)| 17.5 (0.7)| 0.9 (0.2)| 99.7(0.1)|91.0 (0.6)|48.2 (1.3)| 5.2(0.7)
1982 .....|97.6(0.3)|74.0(1.3)|19.6 (1.1)| 0.5 (0.1)|98.0(0.3)|71.4 (1.3)| 15.9 (1.0)| 0.4 (0.2)| 99.9 (#) |92.1 (0.6)|45.3 (1.4)| 4.1(0.4)
1986 .....|97.8(0.4)|74.3(1.3)|20.6 (1.3)| 0.6 (0.3)|98.6(0.3)|72.7 (1.9)| 14.1 (1.3)| 0.3 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|95.1 (0.7)|48.9 (1.7)| 4.7(0.6)
1990 .....|99.1(0.3)|82.3(1.3)|27.9 (1.3)| 1.0 (0.3)|98.9(0.2)|74.4 (1.3)| 15.7 (1.0)| 0.2 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|96.2 (0.8)|54.7 (1.8)| 5.6(0.8)
1992 .....|99.0(0.3)|80.9(1.1)|26.3 (1.5)| 1.0 (0.4)|98.6(0.2)|77.7 (1.1)| 17.2 (1.4)| 0.3(---) | 100.0(---)|96.3 (0.8)|57.7 (1.6)| 5.2(0.8)
1994 .....|98.9(0.3)|81.7(0.9)|28.3 (1.3)| 1.1 (0.4)|98.7(0.3)|77.3 (1.0)| 18.7 (1.4)| 0.5 (0.3)| 100.0(---)|96.0 (0.6)|57.2 (1.4)| 5.5(0.9)
1996 .....|99.1(0.4)|80.7(0.9)|26.7 (1.1)| 1.2 (0.4)|98.8(0.3)|77.4 (1.1)| 18.4 (1.5)| 0.5 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.7 (0.6)|57.6 (2.2)| 5.3(0.8)
1999 .....|99.0(0.2)|82.5(1.2)|29.4 (1.4)| 1.6 (0.4)|99.0(0.4)|78.4 (1.2)| 21.0 (1.4)| 0.6 (0.3)| 100.0(---)|97.2 (0.4)|58.5 (1.9)| 7.1(1.1)
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White, | | | | | | | | | | | |
non-His- | | | | | | | | | | | |
panic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|98.3(0.2)|76.3(1.0)|22.9 (0.9)| 0.9 (0.2)|97.6(0.3)|72.9 (0.9)| 21.4 (0.7)| 1.2 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|95.6 (0.3)|57.6 (1.1)| 8.5(0.5)
1982 .....|98.5(0.3)|76.8(1.2)|21.8 (1.1)| 0.6 (0.1)|99.1(0.1)|78.3 (0.9)| 20.5 (1.0)| 0.6 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|96.2 (0.3)|54.7 (1.4)| 6.4(0.5)
1986 .....|98.8(0.2)|79.6(1.3)|24.6 (1.0)| 0.8 (0.3)|99.3(0.3)|78.9 (1.7)| 18.6 (1.2)| 0.4 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|98.0 (0.4)|59.1 (1.7)| 7.9(0.7)
1990 .....|99.6(0.2)|86.9(0.9)|32.7 (1.0)| 1.5 (0.4)|99.4(0.1)|82.0 (1.0)| 21.0 (1.2)| 0.4 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|97.6 (0.3)|63.2 (1.6)| 8.3(0.7)
1992 .....|99.6(0.1)|86.9(0.7)|32.4 (1.0)| 1.4 (0.3)|99.6(0.2)|84.9 (1.1)| 22.8 (1.3)| 0.4 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|98.3 (0.4)|66.4 (1.4)| 8.7(0.9)
1994 .....|99.6(0.2)|87.0(0.8)|35.3 (1.3)| 1.5 (0.4)|99.3(0.2)|85.5 (0.9)| 25.6 (1.6)| 0.7 (0.3)| 100.0(---)|98.4 (0.4)|67.0 (1.4)| 9.4(1.1)
1996 .....|99.6(0.1)|86.6(0.8)|35.7 (1.4)| 2.0 (0.4)|99.6(0.2)|86.4 (1.0)| 25.4 (1.5)| 0.8 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|98.7 (0.4)|68.7 (2.2)| 9.2(1.0)
1999 .....|99.6(0.1)|88.6(0.8)|37.1 (1.4)| 2.2 (0.4)|99.4(0.3)|86.7 (0.9)| 29.0 (1.3)| 1.2 (0.3)| 100.0(---)|98.7 (0.4)|69.9 (2.0)|10.4(1.1)
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Black, | | | | | | | | | | | |
non-His- | | | | | | | | | | | |
panic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|88.4(1.0)|42.0(1.4)| 4.1 (0.6)| #(---) |79.7(1.5)|28.7 (2.1)| 2.3 (0.5)| #(---) | 98.8(0.3)|70.7 (1.7)|16.8 (1.6)| 0.5(0.2)
1982 .....|90.2(1.0)|46.1(2.4)| 4.4 (0.8)| #(---) |90.2(1.6)|37.9 (2.5)| 2.9 (1.0)| #(---) | 99.7(0.2)|76.4 (1.5)|17.1 (1.5)| 0.5(0.3)
1986 .....|93.9(1.4)|53.4(2.5)| 5.6 (0.9)| 0.1(---) |95.4(0.9)|49.0 (3.7)| 4.0 (1.4)| 0.1(---) | 100.0(---)|85.6 (2.5)|20.8 (2.8)| 0.2(---)
1990 .....|96.9(0.9)|60.0(2.8)| 9.4 (1.7)| 0.1(---) |95.4(1.1)|48.7 (3.6)| 3.9 (1.6)| 0.1(---) | 99.9(---)|92.4 (2.2)|32.8 (4.5)| 2.0(1.0)
1992 .....|96.6(1.1)|59.8(2.8)| 9.6 (1.4)| 0.1(---) |95.0(1.4)|51.0 (2.7)| 4.0 (0.7)| 0.1(---) | 100.0(---)|89.6 (2.5)|29.8 (3.9)| 0.9(---)
1994 .....|97.4(1.0)|65.9(2.6)|11.1 (1.7)| #(---) |95.6(1.6)|51.0 (3.9)| 6.4 (2.4)| 0.3(---) | 100.0(---)|90.6 (1.8)|29.8 (3.4)| 0.4(---)
1996 .....|97.3(0.8)|65.3(2.4)|10.0 (1.2)| 0.1(---) |96.2(1.3)|53.7 (2.6)| 4.8 (1.1)| 0.1(---) | 100.0(---)|90.6 (1.3)|31.2 (2.5)| 0.9(---)
1999 .....|96.4(0.6)|63.3(2.1)|12.3 (1.5)| 0.2(---) |96.5(1.1)|50.8 (4.0)| 4.4 (1.4)| #(---) | 99.9(---)|88.6 (2.0)|26.6 (2.7)| 1.0(---)
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Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|93.0(1.2)|54.2(2.8)| 9.2 (2.5)| 0.2(---) |86.4(0.9)|36.0 (2.9)| 4.0 (1.0)| 0.1(---) | 99.3(0.4)|78.3 (2.3)|23.4 (2.7)| 1.4(0.6)
1982 .....|94.3(1.2)|55.7(2.3)| 7.8 (1.7)| #(---) |95.9(0.9)|52.2 (2.5)| 6.3 (1.0)| #(---) | 99.8(---)|81.4 (1.9)|21.6 (2.2)| 0.7(0.4)
1986 .....|96.4(1.3)|57.6(2.9)| 7.3 (2.8)| 0.1(---) |96.9(1.4)|56.0 (5.0)| 5.5 (1.1)| 0.2(---) | 99.4(---)|89.3 (2.5)|26.5 (4.5)| 1.1(---)
1990 .....|98.0(0.8)|68.4(3.0)|11.3 (3.5)| 0.2(---) |96.8(1.1)|56.7 (3.3)| 6.4 (1.7)| 0.1(---) | 99.6(---)|85.8 (4.2)|30.1 (3.1)| 1.9(0.8)
1992 .....|97.2(1.3)|65.0(2.9)|11.7 (2.5)| 0.1(---) |98.1(0.7)|63.3 (2.7)| 7.0 (1.2)| #(---) | 100.0(---)|94.1 (2.2)|39.2 (4.9)| 1.2(---)
1994 .....|97.2(1.2)|63.5(3.1)| 9.7 (1.8)| #(---) |97.1(1.3)|59.2 (2.2)| 6.4 (1.8)| #(---) | 100.0(---)|91.8 (3.6)|38.3 (5.5)| 1.4(---)
1996 .....|98.1(0.7)|67.1(2.1)|13.8 (2.3)| 0.2(---) |96.2(0.8)|58.3 (2.3)| 6.7 (1.2)| #(---) | 99.9(---)|92.2 (2.2)|40.1 (3.5)| 1.8(---)
1999 .....|98.1(0.7)|67.5(2.5)|10.5 (1.6)| 0.1(---) |97.2(0.6)|62.9 (2.5)| 8.2 (1.4)| 0.1(---) | 99.9(---)|93.6 (2.2)|37.7 (4.1)| 3.1(1.1)
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Public | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|96.4(0.3)|68.8(0.9)|18.5 (0.7)| 0.7 (0.2)|94.1(0.5)|63.3 (1.2)| 17.0 (0.8)| 0.9 (0.2)| 99.8(0.1)|91.7 (0.5)|50.6 (1.2)| 7.0(0.4)
1982 .....|96.8(0.4)|69.4(1.2)|17.3 (0.9)| 0.5 (0.1)|97.5(0.4)|69.7 (1.3)| 16.4 (1.0)| 0.5 (0.1)| 99.9 (#) |92.5 (0.6)|46.9 (1.3)| 5.2(0.4)
1986 .....|97.7(0.3)|72.7(1.4)|19.1 (1.1)| 0.6 (0.2)|98.5(0.3)|72.9 (1.7)| 15.6 (1.0)| 0.4 (0.1)| 99.9(---)|95.5 (0.5)|50.7 (1.6)| 6.1(0.5)
1990 .....|99.0(0.2)|80.5(1.1)|26.8 (1.0)| 1.1 (0.3)|98.4(0.2)|73.3 (1.2)| 16.7 (1.1)| 0.3 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|95.8 (0.6)|55.0 (1.3)| 6.5(0.5)
1992 .....|98.8(0.3)|79.7(0.9)|26.1 (0.9)| 1.1 (0.3)|98.5(0.3)|76.3 (1.2)| 18.0 (1.0)| 0.3 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.3 (0.6)|56.9 (1.2)| 6.7(0.7)
1994 .....|98.9(0.3)|80.6(0.8)|27.9 (1.2)| 1.1 (0.4)|98.5(0.3)|76.7 (1.2)| 20.0 (1.4)| 0.6 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.2 (0.5)|56.2 (1.3)| 6.4(0.7)
1996 .....|99.0(0.2)|80.7(0.8)|28.3 (1.1)| 1.5 (0.3)|98.6(0.2)|77.2 (0.9)| 19.2 (1.3)| 0.6 (0.1)| 100.0(---)|96.7 (0.5)|59.0 (1.8)| 7.1(0.7)
1999 .....|98.8(0.2)|81.4(1.0)|29.4 (1.2)| 1.6 (0.3)|98.7(0.2)|77.3 (1.3)| 21.6 (1.3)| 0.8 (0.2)| 100.0(---)|96.4 (0.5)|58.6 (1.6)| 7.9(0.7)
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Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 .....|99.0(---)|83.3(1.9)|28.4 (2.0)| 1.2 (0.4)|99.0(0.4)|80.8 (1.7)| 26.9 (1.8)| 1.4 (0.4)| 100.0(---)|97.1 (0.6)|67.7 (3.3)|12.9(2.7)
1982 .....|99.0(0.4)|84.3(2.1)|28.6 (2.6)| 1.0 (0.6)|99.5(0.3)|85.1 (1.6)| 26.3 (3.1)| 1.0 (0.3)| 100.0(---)|98.1 (0.5)|66.3 (2.4)| 8.2(1.4)
1986 .....|98.7(0.8)|81.8(2.3)|28.9 (2.7)| 1.1 (0.6)|98.9(0.6)|81.9 (3.3)| 22.0 (6.8)| 0.1(---) | 100.0(---)|99.4(---) |75.1(10.6)|16.3(9.1)
1990 .....|99.7(---)|89.3(1.8)|35.2 (3.3)| 1.8 (1.2)|99.7(---)|87.0 (2.0)| 23.2 (2.5)| 0.7 (0.4)| 100.0(---)|98.2 (1.2)|71.0 (7.9)|15.7(5.3)
1992 .....|99.8(0.1)|92.2(1.2)|38.6 (2.7)| 1.9 (0.7)|99.9(---)|89.7 (2.1)| 25.9 (3.7)| 0.7 (0.4)| 100.0(---)|99.5(---) |79.5 (3.7)|12.2(2.7)
1994 .....|99.8(---)|92.3(1.3)|44.4 (4.0)| 2.2 (0.8)|98.7(---)|88.5 (2.6)| 30.7 (3.7)| 1.0(---) | 100.0(---)|98.8 (0.6)|75.7 (4.3)|14.5(3.5)
1996 .....|99.6(---)|87.1(1.5)|38.7 (3.0)| 2.1 (1.1)|99.6(---)|89.3 (3.5)| 31.6 (4.8)| 1.0 (0.6)| 100.0(---)|98.5 (0.8)|71.5 (6.4)|10.4(4.0)
1999 .....|99.8(---)|90.5(1.6)|40.6 (2.9)| 2.6 (0.9)|99.2(---)|90.4 (2.6)| 35.4 (3.1)| 1.9 (0.8)| 100.0(---)|99.7(---) |78.2 (6.1)|13.1(4.6)
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Excludes persons not enrolled in school and those who were unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Includes public and private schools. Mathematics proficiency levels measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP Trends in Academic Progress, various years, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared November 2001.)
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