Percent of students at or above selected mathematics proficiency levels, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and control of school: Selected years, 1978 to 2004

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Table 121.
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          |                  9-year-olds\1\           |                 13-year-olds\2\           |                 17-year-olds\2\
          |___________________________________________|___________________________________________|___________________________________________
          |    Simple| Beginning| Numerical|Moderately| Beginning| Numerical|Moderately|Multi-step| Beginning| Numerical|Moderately|Multi-step
Selected  |    arith-|    skills|operations|   complex|    skills|operations|   complex|   problem|    skills|operations|   complex|   problem
character-|     metic|       and|       and|procedures|       and|       and|procedures|   solving|       and|       and|procedures|   solving
istic     |  facts\3\|    under-| beginning|       and|    under-| beginning|       and|       and|    under-| beginning|       and|       and
          |          |    stand-|   problem|   reason-|    stand-|   problem|   reason-|algebra\7\|    stand-|   problem|   reason-|algebra\7\
          |          |    ing\4\|solving\5\|    ing\6\|    ing\4\|solving\5\|    ing\6\|          |    ing\4\|solving\5\|    ing\6\|
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1         |        2 |        3 |        4 |        5 |        6 |         7|        8 |        9 |       10 |       11 |       12 |      13
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Total     |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1978 .....| 96.7(0.3)| 70.4(0.9)| 19.6(0.7)|  0.8(0.1)| 94.6(0.5)| 64.9(1.2)| 18.0(0.7)|  1.0(0.2)| 99.8(0.1)| 92.0(0.5)| 51.5(1.1)|  7.3(0.4)
1982 .....| 97.1(0.3)| 71.4(1.2)| 18.8(1.0)|  0.6(0.1)| 97.7(0.4)| 71.4(1.2)| 17.4(0.9)|  0.5(0.1)| 99.9 (†) | 93.0(0.5)| 48.5(1.3)|  5.5(0.4)
1986 .....| 97.9(0.3)| 74.1(1.2)| 20.7(0.9)|  0.6(0.2)| 98.6(0.2)| 73.3(1.6)| 15.8(1.0)|  0.4(0.1)| 99.9 (†) | 95.6(0.5)| 51.7(1.4)|  6.5(0.5)
1990 .....| 99.1(0.2)| 81.5(1.0)| 27.7(0.9)|  1.2(0.3)| 98.5(0.2)| 74.7(1.0)| 17.3(1.0)|  0.4(0.1)|100.0 (†) | 96.0(0.5)| 56.1(1.4)|  7.2(0.6)
1992 .....| 99.0(0.2)| 81.4(0.8)| 27.8(0.9)|  1.2(0.3)| 98.7(0.3)| 77.9(1.1)| 18.9(1.0)|  0.4(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 96.6(0.5)| 59.1(1.3)|  7.2(0.6)
1994 .....| 99.0(0.2)| 82.0(0.7)| 29.9(1.1)|  1.3(0.4)| 98.5(0.3)| 78.1(1.1)| 21.3(1.4)|  0.6(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 96.5(0.5)| 58.6(1.4)|  7.4(0.8)
1996 .....| 99.1(0.2)| 81.5(0.8)| 29.7(1.0)|  1.6(0.3)| 98.8(0.2)| 78.6(0.9)| 20.6(1.2)|  0.6(0.1)|100.0 (†) | 96.8(0.4)| 60.1(1.7)|  7.4(0.8)
1999 .....| 98.9(0.2)| 82.5(0.8)| 30.9(1.1)|  1.7(0.3)| 98.7(0.2)| 78.8(1.0)| 23.2(1.0)|  0.9(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 96.8(0.5)| 60.7(1.6)|  8.4(0.8)
2004 .....| 99.3(0.1)| 88.6(0.8)| 41.9(1.2)| ---  (†) | 98.6(0.2)| 83.5(1.0)| 29.0(1.1)| ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 96.7(0.4)| 58.6(1.3)|  6.9(0.6)
          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Male      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1978 .....| 96.2(0.5)| 68.9(1.0)| 19.2(0.6)|  0.7(0.2)| 93.9(0.5)| 63.9(1.3)| 18.4(0.9)|  1.1(0.2)| 99.9(0.1)| 93.0(0.5)| 55.1(1.2)|  9.5(0.6)
1982 .....| 96.5(0.5)| 68.8(1.3)| 18.1(1.1)|  0.6(0.1)| 97.5(0.6)| 71.3(1.4)| 18.9(1.2)|  0.7(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 93.9(0.6)| 51.9(1.5)|  6.9(0.7)
1986 .....| 98.0(0.5)| 74.0(1.4)| 20.9(1.1)|  0.7(0.3)| 98.5(0.3)| 73.8(1.8)| 17.6(1.1)|  0.5(0.2)| 99.9 (†) | 96.1(0.6)| 54.6(1.8)|  8.4(0.9)
1990 .....| 99.0(0.3)| 80.6(1.0)| 27.5(1.0)|  1.3(0.4)| 98.2(0.3)| 75.1(1.8)| 19.0(1.2)|  0.5(0.2)| 99.9 (†) | 95.8(0.8)| 57.6(1.4)|  8.8(0.8)
1992 .....| 99.0(0.3)| 81.9(1.0)| 29.4(1.2)|  1.4(0.3)| 98.8(0.4)| 78.1(1.6)| 20.7(1.1)|  0.5(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 96.9(0.6)| 60.5(1.8)|  9.1(0.7)
1994 .....| 99.1(0.3)| 82.3(0.9)| 31.5(1.6)|  1.4(0.4)| 98.3(0.4)| 78.9(1.5)| 23.9(1.6)|  0.8(0.3)|100.0 (†) | 97.3(0.6)| 60.2(2.1)|  9.3(1.0)
1996 .....| 99.1(0.2)| 82.5(1.1)| 32.7(1.7)|  2.0(0.5)| 98.7(0.3)| 79.8(1.4)| 23.0(1.6)|  0.8(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 97.0(0.7)| 62.7(1.8)|  9.5(1.3)
1999 .....| 98.8(0.3)| 82.6(0.9)| 32.4(1.3)|  1.9(0.4)| 98.5(0.3)| 79.3(1.1)| 25.4(1.2)|  1.2(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 96.5(0.8)| 63.1(2.1)|  9.8(1.1)
2004 .....| 99.3(0.2)| 89.3(0.9)| 43.5(1.2)| ---  (†) | 98.3(0.3)| 82.8(1.2)| 32.6(1.6)| ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 96.6(0.6)| 60.6(1.6)|  8.8(1.0)
          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Female    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1978 .....| 97.2(0.3)| 72.0(1.1)| 19.9(1.0)|  0.8(0.2)| 95.2(0.5)| 65.9(1.2)| 17.5(0.7)|  0.9(0.2)| 99.7(0.1)| 91.0(0.6)| 48.2(1.3)|  5.2(0.7)
1982 .....| 97.6(0.3)| 74.0(1.3)| 19.6(1.1)|  0.5(0.1)| 98.0(0.3)| 71.4(1.3)| 15.9(1.0)|  0.4(0.2)| 99.9 (†) | 92.1(0.6)| 45.3(1.4)|  4.1(0.4)
1986 .....| 97.8(0.4)| 74.3(1.3)| 20.6(1.3)|  0.6(0.3)| 98.6(0.3)| 72.7(1.9)| 14.1(1.3)|  0.3(0.1)|100.0 (†) | 95.1(0.7)| 48.9(1.7)|  4.7(0.6)
1990 .....| 99.1(0.3)| 82.3(1.3)| 27.9(1.3)|  1.0(0.3)| 98.9(0.2)| 74.4(1.3)| 15.7(1.0)|  0.2(0.1)|100.0 (†) | 96.2(0.8)| 54.7(1.8)|  5.6(0.8)
1992 .....| 99.0(0.3)| 80.9(1.1)| 26.3(1.5)|  1.0(0.4)| 98.6(0.2)| 77.7(1.1)| 17.2(1.4)|  0.3 (†) |100.0 (†) | 96.3(0.8)| 57.7(1.6)|  5.2(0.8)
1994 .....| 98.9(0.3)| 81.7(0.9)| 28.3(1.3)|  1.1(0.4)| 98.7(0.3)| 77.3(1.0)| 18.7(1.4)|  0.5(0.3)|100.0 (†) | 96.0(0.6)| 57.2(1.4)|  5.5(0.9)
1996 .....| 99.1(0.4)| 80.7(0.9)| 26.7(1.1)|  1.2(0.4)| 98.8(0.3)| 77.4(1.1)| 18.4(1.5)|  0.5(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 96.7(0.6)| 57.6(2.2)|  5.3(0.8)
1999 .....| 99.0(0.2)| 82.5(1.2)| 29.4(1.4)|  1.6(0.4)| 99.0(0.4)| 78.4(1.2)| 21.0(1.4)|  0.6(0.3)|100.0 (†) | 97.2(0.4)| 58.5(1.9)|  7.1(1.1)
2004 .....| 99.3(0.2)| 87.9(1.0)| 40.3(1.5)| ---  (†) | 98.8(0.3)| 84.1(1.1)| 25.6(1.1)| ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 96.8(0.5)| 56.7(1.6)|  5.1(0.6)
          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
White,    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   non-His|          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  panic   |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1978 .....| 98.3(0.2)| 76.3(1.0)| 22.9(0.9)|  0.9(0.2)| 97.6(0.3)| 72.9(0.9)| 21.4(0.7)|  1.2(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 95.6(0.3)| 57.6(1.1)|  8.5(0.5)
1982 .....| 98.5(0.3)| 76.8(1.2)| 21.8(1.1)|  0.6(0.1)| 99.1(0.1)| 78.3(0.9)| 20.5(1.0)|  0.6(0.1)|100.0 (†) | 96.2(0.3)| 54.7(1.4)|  6.4(0.5)
1986 .....| 98.8(0.2)| 79.6(1.3)| 24.6(1.0)|  0.8(0.3)| 99.3(0.3)| 78.9(1.7)| 18.6(1.2)|  0.4(0.1)|100.0 (†) | 98.0(0.4)| 59.1(1.7)|  7.9(0.7)
1990 .....| 99.6(0.2)| 86.9(0.9)| 32.7(1.0)|  1.5(0.4)| 99.4(0.1)| 82.0(1.0)| 21.0(1.2)|  0.4(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 97.6(0.3)| 63.2(1.6)|  8.3(0.7)
1992 .....| 99.6(0.1)| 86.9(0.7)| 32.4(1.0)|  1.4(0.3)| 99.6(0.2)| 84.9(1.1)| 22.8(1.3)|  0.4(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 98.3(0.4)| 66.4(1.4)|  8.7(0.9)
1994 .....| 99.6(0.2)| 87.0(0.8)| 35.3(1.3)|  1.5(0.4)| 99.3(0.2)| 85.5(0.9)| 25.6(1.6)|  0.7(0.3)|100.0 (†) | 98.4(0.4)| 67.0(1.4)|  9.4(1.1)
1996 .....| 99.6(0.1)| 86.6(0.8)| 35.7(1.4)|  2.0(0.4)| 99.6(0.2)| 86.4(1.0)| 25.4(1.5)|  0.8(0.2)|100.0 (†) | 98.7(0.4)| 68.7(2.2)|  9.2(1.0)
1999 .....| 99.6(0.1)| 88.6(0.8)| 37.1(1.4)|  2.2(0.4)| 99.4(0.3)| 86.7(0.9)| 29.0(1.3)|  1.2(0.3)|100.0 (†) | 98.7(0.4)| 69.9(2.0)| 10.4(1.1)
2004 .....| 99.7(0.1)| 92.6(0.6)| 49.0(1.4)| ---  (†) | 99.1(0.2)| 90.5(0.8)| 36.0(1.3)| ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 98.4(0.4)| 69.0(1.3)|  8.5(0.8)
          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Black,    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   non-His|          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  panic   |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1978 .....| 88.4(1.0)| 42.0(1.4)|  4.1(0.6)|   #  (†) | 79.7(1.5)| 28.7(2.1)|  2.3(0.5)|   #  (†) | 98.8(0.3)| 70.7(1.7)| 16.8(1.6)|  0.5(0.2)
1982 .....| 90.2(1.0)| 46.1(2.4)|  4.4(0.8)|   #  (†) | 90.2(1.6)| 37.9(2.5)|  2.9(1.0)|   #  (†) | 99.7(0.2)| 76.4(1.5)| 17.1(1.5)|  0.5(0.3)
1986 .....| 93.9(1.4)| 53.4(2.5)|  5.6(0.9)|  0.1 (†) | 95.4(0.9)| 49.0(3.7)|  4.0(1.4)|  0.1 (†) |100.0 (†) | 85.6(2.5)| 20.8(2.8)|  0.2 (†)
1990 .....| 96.9(0.9)| 60.0(2.8)|  9.4(1.7)|  0.1 (†) | 95.4(1.1)| 48.7(3.6)|  3.9(1.6)|  0.1 (†) | 99.9 (†) | 92.4(2.2)| 32.8(4.5)|  2.0(1.0)
1992 .....| 96.6(1.1)| 59.8(2.8)|  9.6(1.4)|  0.1 (†) | 95.0(1.4)| 51.0(2.7)|  4.0(0.7)|  0.1 (†) |100.0 (†) | 89.6(2.5)| 29.8(3.9)|  0.9 (†)
1994 .....| 97.4(1.0)| 65.9(2.6)| 11.1(1.7)|   #  (†) | 95.6(1.6)| 51.0(3.9)|  6.4(2.4)|  0.3 (†) |100.0 (†) | 90.6(1.8)| 29.8(3.4)|  0.4 (†)
1996 .....| 97.3(0.8)| 65.3(2.4)| 10.0(1.2)|  0.1 (†) | 96.2(1.3)| 53.7(2.6)|  4.8(1.1)|  0.1 (†) |100.0 (†) | 90.6(1.3)| 31.2(2.5)|  0.9 (†)
1999 .....| 96.4(0.6)| 63.3(2.1)| 12.3(1.5)|  0.2 (†) | 96.5(1.1)| 50.8(4.0)|  4.4(1.4)|   #  (†) | 99.9 (†) | 88.6(2.0)| 26.6(2.7)|  1.0 (†)
2004 .....| 97.6(0.7)| 77.0(2.4)| 23.6(2.0)| ---  (†) | 97.2(0.6)| 67.2(2.2)|  9.0(1.1)| ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 91.7(1.9)| 26.0(2.6)|  0.9(0.5)
          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Hispanic  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1978 .....| 93.0(1.2)| 54.2(2.8)|  9.2(2.5)|  0.2 (†) | 86.4(0.9)| 36.0(2.9)|  4.0(1.0)|  0.1 (†) | 99.3(0.4)| 78.3(2.3)| 23.4(2.7)|  1.4(0.6)
1982 .....| 94.3(1.2)| 55.7(2.3)|  7.8(1.7)|   #  (†) | 95.9(0.9)| 52.2(2.5)|  6.3(1.0)|   #  (†) | 99.8 (†) | 81.4(1.9)| 21.6(2.2)|  0.7(0.4)
1986 .....| 96.4(1.3)| 57.6(2.9)|  7.3(2.8)|  0.1 (†) | 96.9(1.4)| 56.0(5.0)|  5.5(1.1)|  0.2 (†) | 99.4 (†) | 89.3(2.5)| 26.5(4.5)|  1.1 (†)
1990 .....| 98.0(0.8)| 68.4(3.0)| 11.3(3.5)|  0.2 (†) | 96.8(1.1)| 56.7(3.3)|  6.4(1.7)|  0.1 (†) | 99.6 (†) | 85.8(4.2)| 30.1(3.1)|  1.9(0.8)
1992 .....| 97.2(1.3)| 65.0(2.9)| 11.7(2.5)|  0.1 (†) | 98.1(0.7)| 63.3(2.7)|  7.0(1.2)|   #  (†) |100.0 (†) | 94.1(2.2)| 39.2(4.9)|  1.2 (†)
1994 .....| 97.2(1.2)| 63.5(3.1)|  9.7(1.8)|   #  (†) | 97.1(1.3)| 59.2(2.2)|  6.4(1.8)|   #  (†) |100.0 (†) | 91.8(3.6)| 38.3(5.5)|  1.4 (†)
1996 .....| 98.1(0.7)| 67.1(2.1)| 13.8(2.3)|  0.2 (†) | 96.2(0.8)| 58.3(2.3)|  6.7(1.2)|   #  (†) | 99.9 (†) | 92.2(2.2)| 40.1(3.5)|  1.8 (†)
1999 .....| 98.1(0.7)| 67.5(2.5)| 10.5(1.6)|  0.1 (†) | 97.2(0.6)| 62.9(2.5)|  8.2(1.4)|  0.1 (†) | 99.9 (†) | 93.6(2.2)| 37.7(4.1)|  3.1(1.1)
2004 .....| 99.6(0.2)| 82.6(2.4)| 26.9(2.7)| ---  (†) | 97.3(0.8)| 68.4(3.3)| 14.3(1.8)| ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 92.1(2.1)| 32.3(2.1)|  1.3(0.5)
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
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†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Virtually no students were able to perform multistep problems and algebra.
\2\Virtually all students knew simple arithmetic facts.
\3\Scale score of 150 or above.
\4\Scale score of 200 or above.
\5\Scale score of 250 or above.
\6\Scale score of 300 or above.
\7\Scale score of 350 or above.
NOTE: Excludes persons not enrolled in school and those who were unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Includes public and private schools. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP Trends in Academic Progress, various years. (This table was prepared July 2005.)
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