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Table 10. |
Percentage of children from the 2001 birth cohort who were Proficient in letter and number and shape recognition at about 4 years old, by race/ethnicity: 2005–06 |
| Race/ethnicity | Proficient in letter recognition |
Proficient in numbers and shape recognition |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 32.7 | 65.4 | |
| White | 36.8 | 73.1 | |
| Black | 28.3 | 54.7 | |
| Hispanic | 23.0 | 51.4 | |
| Asian | 49.4 | 81.2 | |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ‡ | ‡ | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 18.8 | 39.9 | |
| Two or more races | 35.4 | 65.4 | |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Data are based on a representative sample of children born in 2001. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, Longitudinal 9-month–Preschool Restricted-Use Data File. | |||