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(46KB)| Table 142. | Average science scale score of 12th-graders and percentage reporting various attitudes toward science, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005 |
| Student or school characteristic | Like science | Science is boring | Science is useful for problem solving | Good at science | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disagree | Not sure | Agree | Disagree | Not sure | Agree | Disagree | Not sure | Agree | Disagree | Not sure | Agree | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Average scale score1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 137 | (0.8) | 139 | (0.9) | 158 | (0.7) | 156 | (0.6) | 146 | (0.9) | 137 | (0.8) | 137 | (1.2) | 143 | (0.8) | 155 | (0.7) | 134 | (0.8) | 143 | (0.6) | 161 | (0.8) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 136 | (1.1) | 140 | (1.1) | 160 | (0.9) | 158 | (0.9) | 149 | (1.3) | 138 | (1.0) | 137 | (1.2) | 144 | (1.1) | 158 | (0.8) | 133 | (1.2) | 143 | (0.9) | 163 | (1.0) |
| Female | 137 | (0.9) | 138 | (1.2) | 155 | (0.8) | 153 | (0.7) | 145 | (1.1) | 136 | (0.9) | 137 | (1.5) | 143 | (0.9) | 152 | (0.8) | 134 | (1.0) | 143 | (0.7) | 159 | (0.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 145 | (0.9) | 149 | (0.9) | 166 | (0.6) | 165 | (0.6) | 155 | (0.9) | 145 | (0.9) | 145 | (1.2) | 152 | (0.8) | 164 | (0.6) | 142 | (0.9) | 152 | (0.7) | 168 | (0.7) |
| Black | 113 | (1.5) | 114 | (1.7) | 129 | (1.3) | 127 | (1.1) | 119 | (1.5) | 113 | (1.6) | 115 | (1.9) | 118 | (1.6) | 125 | (1.3) | 111 | (1.6) | 118 | (1.3) | 130 | (1.4) |
| Hispanic | 121 | (1.7) | 119 | (1.9) | 138 | (1.8) | 136 | (1.9) | 125 | (1.9) | 121 | (1.6) | 122 | (2.0) | 127 | (2.1) | 135 | (1.9) | 121 | (1.8) | 126 | (1.5) | 145 | (2.0) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 137 | (3.4) | 146 | (2.7) | 163 | (2.0) | 160 | (2.0) | 152 | (2.9) | 141 | (3.5) | 141 | (4.2) | 145 | (2.9) | 161 | (2.1) | 137 | (2.7) | 147 | (2.2) | 169 | (2.5) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 121 | (1.2) | 121 | (1.3) | 139 | (1.3) | 136 | (1.3) | 128 | (1.6) | 120 | (1.1) | 121 | (1.6) | 126 | (1.4) | 136 | (1.2) | 120 | (1.4) | 126 | (1.0) | 142 | (1.7) |
| Not eligible | 141 | (0.8) | 144 | (1.0) | 162 | (0.6) | 161 | (0.6) | 152 | (0.8) | 141 | (0.9) | 142 | (1.4) | 148 | (0.8) | 161 | (0.7) | 138 | (0.9) | 148 | (0.7) | 165 | (0.7) |
| Unknown | 145 | (2.0) | 153 | (2.3) | 167 | (2.0) | 165 | (1.8) | 156 | (2.9) | 147 | (2.0) | 146 | (2.8) | 153 | (2.4) | 165 | (1.7) | 144 | (2.0) | 155 | (2.2) | 170 | (2.0) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 135 | (0.8) | 138 | (0.9) | 156 | (0.7) | 154 | (0.7) | 145 | (0.9) | 136 | (0.9) | 136 | (1.2) | 142 | (0.8) | 154 | (0.7) | 133 | (0.8) | 142 | (0.7) | 160 | (0.8) |
| Private | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Percent of students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 31 | (0.4) | 19 | (0.4) | 50 | (0.5) | 46 | (0.5) | 23 | (0.5) | 31 | (0.4) | 20 | (0.4) | 32 | (0.5) | 48 | (0.6) | 26 | (0.5) | 35 | (0.5) | 39 | (0.6) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 26 | (0.6) | 19 | (0.5) | 55 | (0.8) | 47 | (0.8) | 23 | (0.7) | 30 | (0.6) | 19 | (0.5) | 31 | (0.8) | 51 | (0.8) | 21 | (0.6) | 35 | (0.8) | 45 | (0.8) |
| Female | 35 | (0.6) | 19 | (0.5) | 46 | (0.6) | 45 | (0.7) | 23 | (0.7) | 32 | (0.7) | 20 | (0.6) | 34 | (0.7) | 46 | (0.8) | 31 | (0.6) | 35 | (0.7) | 34 | (0.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 30 | (0.6) | 18 | (0.5) | 52 | (0.6) | 46 | (0.6) | 23 | (0.6) | 31 | (0.5) | 19 | (0.5) | 32 | (0.6) | 49 | (0.7) | 24 | (0.6) | 34 | (0.6) | 42 | (0.7) |
| Black | 36 | (1.0) | 19 | (0.8) | 45 | (1.1) | 45 | (1.0) | 18 | (0.9) | 37 | (1.2) | 22 | (1.1) | 30 | (0.9) | 48 | (1.5) | 31 | (1.3) | 30 | (1.2) | 39 | (1.3) |
| Hispanic | 28 | (1.1) | 23 | (1.1) | 49 | (1.2) | 47 | (1.3) | 27 | (1.1) | 26 | (1.1) | 22 | (1.0) | 35 | (1.3) | 43 | (1.2) | 28 | (1.0) | 45 | (1.5) | 27 | (1.3) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 23 | (2.0) | 24 | (2.0) | 53 | (2.6) | 48 | (2.6) | 28 | (2.1) | 24 | (2.1) | 13 | (1.6) | 31 | (2.1) | 56 | (2.4) | 23 | (1.6) | 40 | (2.4) | 37 | (2.2) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
36 | (5.5) | 16 | (5.1) | 47 | (7.1) | 40 | (5.4) | 21 | (4.2) | 39 | (4.8) | 15 | (4.2) | 41 | (5.3) | 44 | (6.1) | 31 | (5.1) | 34 | (4.2) | 35 | (4.3) |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 31 | (0.8) | 21 | (0.9) | 48 | (1.0) | 46 | (1.0) | 24 | (0.7) | 30 | (1.1) | 21 | (0.9) | 32 | (1.0) | 47 | (1.0) | 29 | (0.7) | 39 | (1.0) | 32 | (1.1) |
| Not eligible | 31 | (0.6) | 19 | (0.6) | 51 | (0.7) | 45 | (0.7) | 23 | (0.6) | 32 | (0.6) | 20 | (0.5) | 32 | (0.6) | 48 | (0.7) | 25 | (0.6) | 33 | (0.6) | 42 | (0.6) |
| Unknown | 29 | (1.4) | 17 | (0.9) | 54 | (1.5) | 48 | (1.4) | 24 | (1.1) | 28 | (1.2) | 16 | (0.8) | 30 | (1.3) | 53 | (1.7) | 24 | (1.1) | 36 | (1.5) | 40 | (1.8) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 31 | (0.5) | 19 | (0.4) | 50 | (0.6) | 46 | (0.6) | 23 | (0.5) | 31 | (0.5) | 20 | (0.4) | 33 | (0.5) | 48 | (0.6) | 26 | (0.5) | 35 | (0.6) | 39 | (0.6) |
| Private | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Scale ranges from 0 to 300. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Includes students for whom accommodations were permitted. Excludes students unable to be tested (even with accommodations) due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Science Assessment, retrieved August 15, 2008, from the NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/). (This table was prepared August 2008.) |
