Selected statistics on mathematics education for public school students, by state or jurisdiction: 2000, 2002 and 2003

(52KB)

Table 125.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                       |     Math|                   |High school|          Percent of 8th-grade students
                       |    units|     Length of     |  exit exam|                 reporting (2003)
State or               | required|    school year    |   required|_______________________________________________
jurisdiction           |      for|     (in days)     |        for|       3 or|   Spending| Positive|     Watching
                       |  gradua-|                   | graduation| more hours| 30 minutes|attitudes|    6 or more
                       |     tion|___________________|    in 2002|    of math|    or more|   toward|     hours of
                       |  in 2002|    2000 |    2002 |           |instruction|    on math|  math\2\|   television
                       |         |         |         |           |  each week|   homework|         |or videotapes
                       |         |         |         |           |           | each day\1|         |     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|        No |  92  (2.1)|       --- |     --- |  ---    ()
Arizona ...............|        2|\3\   175|      175|        No |  86  (3.3)|         59|       72|    11  (0.7)
Arkansas ..............|        3|      178|      178|        No |  86  (3.6)|         57|       75|    18  (0.9)
California ............|        2|      175|      180|       Yes |  87  (3.4)|         70|       67|    14  (0.7)
                       |         |         |         |           |           |           |         |
Colorado ..............|    (\4\)|   (\5\) |   (\5\) |        No |  91  (2.9)|         63|       68|     9  (0.7)
Connecticut ...........|        3|      180|      180|       Yes |  93  (2.3)|         56|       73|    15  (0.8)
Delaware ..............|        3|   (\5\) |   (\5\) |        No | 100 (---) |         51|       78|    18  (0.8)
District of Columbia ..|        3|\6\   180|      183|        No |  92  (0.5)|         56|       76|    34  (1.1)
Florida ...............|        3|      180|      180|       Yes |  79  (4.6)|         57|       74|    20  (1.1)
                       |         |         |         |           |           |           |         |
Georgia ...............|        3|\6\   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 .................|\7\     4|      180|   (\5\) |        No |  90  (2.1)|         56|       70|     9  (0.6)
Illinois ..............|        2|\8\   180|      185|        No |  83  (3.6)|         62|       73|    15  (0.8)
Indiana ...............|\7\     4|      180|      180|       Yes |  87  (3.4)|         59|       72|    13  (0.9)
                       |         |         |         |           |           |           |         |
Iowa ..................|    (\4\)|      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|   (\5\) |        No |  90  (3.1)|         54|       75|    15  (0.8)
Louisiana .............|        3|      175|      175|       Yes |  92  (3.0)|         50|       78|    23  (1.0)
Maine .................|        2|      175|      175|        No |  91  (2.0)|         58|       74|    10  (0.7)
                       |         |         |         |           |           |           |         |
Maryland ..............|        3|      180|      180|       Yes |  83  (4.1)|         52|       74|    20  (0.9)
Massachusetts .........|    (\4\)|      180|      180|        No |  91  (3.0)|         60|       75|    11  (0.6)
Michigan ..............|    (\4\)|      180|      185|        No |  90  (3.1)|         52|       74|    16  (1.0)
Minnesota .............|        3|   (\9\) |   (\5\) |       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 ..............|    (\4\)|   (\5\) |   (\5\) |        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|       Yes |  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|\6\   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|       Yes |  91  (3.2)|         53|       73|    14  (0.7)
Oklahoma ..............|        3|      180|      180|        No |  84  (3.8)|         55|       68|    14  (0.8)
Oregon ................|        2|   (\5\) |   (\5\) |        No |  88  (3.1)|         58|       67|    11  (0.7)
Pennsylvania ..........|     --- |      180|      180|        No |  93  (2.6)|         46|       75|    14  (0.9)
Rhode Island ..........|        2|      180|      180|           |  91  (0.4)|         55|       68|    14  (0.8)
                       |         |         |         |           |           |           |         |
South Carolina ........|        4|      180|      180|       Yes |  83  (4.0)|         55|       77|    19  (0.9)
South Dakota ..........|        2|     --- |   (\5\) |        No |  93  (1.0)|         60|       76|     8  (0.5)
Tennessee .............|        3|      180|      180|       Yes |  85  (3.3)|         53|       73|    18  (1.0)
Texas .................|        3|      187|      180|       Yes |  92  (2.8)|         57|       73|    16  (0.8)
Utah ..................|        2|      180|      180|        No |  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|\8\   180|      180|        No |  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 ....|        3|      183|      183|        No |  68  (1.3)|         63|       79|    17  (1.3)
  Overseas schools ....|        3|      183|      183|        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\Local board determines policy.
\5\No statewide policy.
\6\1996 data.
\7\Semester credits.
\8\1998 data.
\9\Varies by district.
\10\Includes math and science courses.

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: 2002. (This table was prepared August 2004.)

2004 Tables and Figures

All Years of Tables and Figures

Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Download Excel Excel format

(52KB)