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| Table 127. - | Average proficiency in science for 8th-graders in public schools, by selected characteristics and state: 1996 |
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| | Race/ethnicity | Sex | Parental education\1\
| |_________________________________________|___________|_______________________________
State |Average|White|Black |His- |Asian | Ameri- | | |Did not|Gradu-|Some edu- |Grad-
| | | |panic| | can |Male|Female|finish | ated | cation |uated
| | | | | | Indian | | | high | high |after high|col-
| | | | | | | | |school |school| school |lege
______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____
United States ......| 148 | 159 | 120 | 127 | 150 | 148 |149 | 148 | 131 | 140 | 155 | 157
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Alabama ..............| 139 | 151 | 117 | 107 | (\2\) | (\2\) |138 | 139 | 130 | 129 | 145 | 147
Alaska\3\ ............| 153 | 162 | (\2\) | 137 | 152 | 129 |155 | 150 | (\2\) | 141 | 155 | 163
Arizona .............| 145 | 157 | 124 | 129 | (\2\) | 121 |147 | 143 | 121 | 136 | 151 | 158
Arkansas\3\ ..........| 144 | 154 | 116 | 122 | (\2\) | (\2\) |147 | 142 | 129 | 136 | 150 | 154
California ...........| 138 | 156 | 121 | 121 | 148 | (\2\) |140 | 136 | 118 | 129 | 144 | 153
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Colorado .............| 155 | 162 | 142 | 135 | 155 | 142 |156 | 153 | 133 | 142 | 157 | 163
Connecticut ..........| 155 | 165 | 121 | 122 | 163 | (\2\) |156 | 155 | 129 | 140 | 155 | 167
Delaware ............ | 142 | 152 | 122 | 116 | (\2\) | (\2\) |143 | 140 | 121 | 135 | 146 | 151
District of Columbia .| 113 |(\2\)| 112 | 98 | (\2\) | (\2\) |113 | 113 | 106 | 107 | 120 | 121
Florida ..............| 142 | 155 | 119 | 129 | (\2\) | (\2\) |144 | 140 | 127 | 132 | 148 | 150
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Georgia ..............| 142 | 155 | 122 | 128 | (\2\) | (\2\) |144 | 139 | 127 | 129 | 145 | 153
Hawaii ...............| 135 | 146 | 128 | 121 | 138 | (\2\) |135 | 135 | 119 | 120 | 139 | 147
Indiana ..............| 153 | 158 | 125 | 139 | (\2\) | (\2\) |154 | 152 | 139 | 144 | 156 | 162
Iowa\3\ ..............| 158 | 160 | 131 | 140 | (\2\) | (\2\) |159 | 157 | 141 | 150 | 160 | 165
Kentucky .............| 147 | 151 | 127 | 113 | (\2\) | (\2\) |148 | 147 | 130 | 143 | 151 | 158
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Louisiana ............| 132 | 148 | 113 | 104 | (\2\) | (\2\) |136 | 129 | 123 | 128 | 141 | 136
Maine ................| 163 | 164 | (\2\) | 141 | (\2\) | (\2\) |165 | 161 | 141 | 153 | 164 | 171
Maryland\3\ ..........| 145 | 160 | 124 | 121 | 161 | (\2\) |146 | 145 | 126 | 136 | 147 | 153
Massachusetts ........| 157 | 163 | 126 | 126 | 152 | (\2\) |159 | 154 | 134 | 145 | 156 | 166
Michigan\3\ ..........| 153 | 161 | 122 | 134 | (\2\) | (\2\) |156 | 150 | 137 | 144 | 156 | 161
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Minnesota ............| 159 | 162 | 130 | 134 | 152 | (\2\) |161 | 157 | 137 | 151 | 161 | 165
Mississippi ..........| 133 | 149 | 119 | 105 | (\2\) | (\2\) |134 | 132 | 125 | 126 | 142 | 138
Missouri .............| 151 | 158 | 120 | 130 | (\2\) | (\2\) |152 | 150 | 136 | 144 | 156 | 159
Montana\3\ ..........| 162 | 166 | (\2\) | 147 | (\2\) | 139 |164 | 160 | 139 | 155 | 164 | 168
Nebraska ............ | 157 | 161 | 130 | 134 | (\2\) | (\2\) |160 | 155 | 133 | 148 | 161 | 165
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New Mexico ...........| 141 | 159 | (\2\) | 130 | (\2\) | 126 |143 | 139 | 119 | 131 | 147 | 154
New York\3\ ..........| 146 | 161 | 120 | 116 | 155 | (\2\) |148 | 143 | 123 | 138 | 147 | 157
North Carolina .......| 147 | 157 | 126 | 123 | (\2\) | 136 |149 | 145 | 126 | 134 | 150 | 158
North Dakota .........| 162 | 164 | (\2\) | 137 | (\2\) | 137 |163 | 161 | 148 | 157 | 160 | 167
Oregon ...............| 155 | 158 | (\2\) | 133 | 157 | 142 |157 | 153 | 137 | 143 | 157 | 164
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Rhode Island .........| 149 | 155 | 130 | 118 | 142 | (\2\) |150 | 148 | 123 | 141 | 154 | 160
South Carolina\3\ ....| 139 | 153 | 122 | 122 | (\2\) | (\2\) |141 | 136 | 125 | 127 | 145 | 148
Tennessee ............| 143 | 151 | 117 | 104 | (\2\) | (\2\) |144 | 142 | 127 | 135 | 149 | 154
Texas ................| 145 | 161 | 127 | 129 | 157 | (\2\) |147 | 143 | 128 | 137 | 152 | 157
Utah .................| 156 | 159 | (\2\) | 133 | 143 | (\2\) |159 | 154 | 129 | 147 | 156 | 162
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Vermont\3\ ...........| 157 | 159 | (\2\) | 136 | (\2\) | (\2\) |158 | 156 | 132 | 146 | 157 | 167
Virginia .............| 149 | 158 | 126 | 132 | 165 | (\2\) |150 | 148 | 127 | 136 | 152 | 161
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Washington ..........| 150 | 156 | 127 | 125 | 149 | 130 |152 | 147 | 128 | 141 | 154 | 158
West Virginia ........| 147 | 149 | 127 | 122 | (\2\) | (\2\) |148 | 147 | 130 | 142 | 152 | 156
Wisconsin\3\ .........| 160 | 165 | 115 | 141 | (\2\) | (\2\) |161 | 158 | 140 | 155 | 161 | 169
Wyoming ..............| 158 | 161 | (\2\) | 140 | (\2\) | 138 |159 | 156 | 139 | 150 | 159 | 165
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Overseas Schools ..| 155 | 164 | 140 | 146 | 156 | (\2\) |157 | 154 | (\2\) | 144 | 159 | 158
Guam .................| 120 | 138 | (\2\) | 106 | 122 | (\2\) |120 | 120 | 106 | 113 | 130 | 128
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\1\Parents' highest level of education. Data not shown for students who did not know parents' level of education.
\2\Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate. \3\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias. NOTE.--These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP scores have been evaluated at certain performance levels. Scale ranges from 0 to 300. Excludes states not participating in the survey. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1996 Science Report Card for the Nation and the States, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared June 1997.) |
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