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| Table 121. | Percent of students at or above selected science proficiency levels,\1\ by race/ethnicity and age: 1977 to 1992 |
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| 9-year-olds\2\ | 13-year-olds\3\ | 17-year-olds\3\
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Sex, race/| Know |Understand| Apply | Analyze |Understand| Apply | Analyze | Integrate |Understand| Apply | Analyze | Integrate
ethnicity,|everyday| simple | general |scientific| simple | general |scientific|specialized| simple | general |scientific|specialized
and year |science |scientific|scientific |procedures|scientific|scientific |procedures|scientific |scientific|scientific |procedures|scientific
| facts |principles|information| and data |principles|information| and data |information|principles|information| and data |information
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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Total | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 ...| 93.5 | 68.0 | 25.7 | 3.2 | 86.0 | 48.8 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 97.1 | 81.6 | 41.7 | 8.5
1982 ...| 95.2 | 70.7 | 24.3 | 2.3 | 89.8 | 50.9 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 95.7 | 76.6 | 37.3 | 7.1
1986 ...| 96.2 | 72.0 | 27.5 | 3.0 | 91.6 | 52.5 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 97.1 | 80.7 | 41.3 | 7.9
1990 ...| 97.0 | 76.4 | 31.1 | 3.1 | 92.3 | 56.5 | 11.2 | 0.4 | 96.7 | 81.2 | 43.3 | 9.2
1992 ...| 97.4 | 78.0 | 32.8 | 3.4 | 93.1 | 61.3 | 12.0 | 0.2 | 97.8 | 83.3 | 46.6 | 10.1
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Male | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 ...| 94.3 | 69.5 | 27.4 | 3.7 | 87.2 | 52.3 | 13.1 | 0.9 | 97.8 | 85.2 | 48.8 | 11.8
1982 ...| 95.0 | 69.7 | 25.6 | 2.5 | 91.9 | 56.2 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 96.8 | 81.2 | 45.2 | 10.4
1986 ...| 96.8 | 74.1 | 29.9 | 3.8 | 92.9 | 57.3 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 97.4 | 82.4 | 48.8 | 11.4
1990 ...| 96.8 | 76.3 | 33.1 | 4.2 | 92.7 | 59.8 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 96.8 | 82.5 | 48.2 | 13.0
1992 ...| 97.7 | 80.4 | 37.2 | 4.6 | 93.1 | 62.9 | 14.2 | 0.3 | 98.0 | 85.0 | 50.9 | 13.6
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Female | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 ...| 92.8 | 66.5 | 24.0 | 2.6 | 84.7 | 45.4 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 96.4 | 78.0 | 34.8 | 5.3
1982 ...| 95.5 | 71.8 | 23.0 | 2.1 | 87.9 | 46.0 | 6.9 | 0.2 | 94.6 | 72.2 | 29.9 | 3.9
1986 ...| 95.6 | 70.0 | 25.1 | 2.2 | 90.3 | 47.7 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 96.9 | 79.1 | 34.1 | 4.5
1990 ...| 97.1 | 76.4 | 29.1 | 2.0 | 92.0 | 53.3 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 96.6 | 79.9 | 38.7 | 5.5
1992 ...| 97.1 | 75.7 | 28.6 | 2.2 | 93.1 | 59.6 | 9.9 | 0.2 | 97.5 | 81.6 | 42.0 | 6.6
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White\4\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 ...| 97.7 | 76.8 | 30.8 | 3.9 | 92.2 | 56.5 | 13.4 | 0.8 | 99.2 | 88.2 | 47.5 | 10.0
1982 ...| 98.3 | 78.4 | 29.4 | 2.9 | 94.4 | 58.3 | 11.5 | 0.4 | 98.6 | 84.9 | 43.9 | 8.6
1986 ...| 98.2 | 78.9 | 32.7 | 3.8 | 96.1 | 61.0 | 11.3 | 0.3 | 98.8 | 87.8 | 48.7 | 9.6
1990 ...| 99.2 | 84.4 | 37.5 | 3.9 | 96.9 | 66.5 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 99.0 | 89.6 | 51.2 | 11.4
1992 ...| 99.2 | 85.5 | 39.4 | 4.3 | 97.9 | 71.1 | 15.0 | 0.3 | 99.3 | 90.5 | 55.4 | 12.8
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Black\4\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 ...| 72.4 | 27.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 57.3 | 14.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 83.6 | 40.5 | 7.7 | 0.4
1982 ...| 82.1 | 38.9 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 68.6 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 79.7 | 35.0 | 6.5 | 0.2
1986 ...| 88.6 | 46.2 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 73.6 | 19.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 90.9 | 52.2 | 12.5 | 0.9
1990 ...| 88.0 | 46.4 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 77.6 | 24.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 88.3 | 51.4 | 15.7 | 1.5
1992 ...| 90.7 | 51.3 | 9.2 | 0.3 | 73.8 | 26.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 92.1 | 55.7 | 14.1 | 0.8
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Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 ...| 84.6 | 42.0 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 62.2 | 18.1 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 93.1 | 61.5 | 18.5 | 1.8
1982 ...| 85.1 | 40.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 75.5 | 24.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 86.9 | 48.0 | 11.1 | 1.4
1986 ...| 89.6 | 50.1 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 76.7 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 93.3 | 60.0 | 14.8 | 1.1
1990 ...| 93.6 | 56.3 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 80.2 | 30.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 91.9 | 59.9 | 21.1 | 2.1
1992 ...| 92.4 | 55.5 | 11.7 | 0.4 | 86.2 | 36.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 94.6 | 68.3 | 23.0 | 2.5
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\1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Trends in Academic Progress and NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared May 1994.) |
