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| Table 130. | Selected statistics on mathematics education for public school students, by state or jurisdiction: 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2006 |
| State or jurisdiction | Math units required for graduation in 2006 | Percent of 8th-grade students reporting (2003) | Minimum length of school year | ||||||||||||
| 3 or more hours of math instruction each week | Spending 30 minutes or more on math homework each day1 | Positive attitudes toward math2 | Watching 6 or more hours of television or videotapes each day | In days | In hours | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| United States | † | 88 | (0.7) | 57 | (—) | 72 | (—) | 15 | (0.2) | † | † | † | † | ||
| Alabama | 4 | 77 | (4.1) | 55 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 21 | (1.1) | 175 | 175 | 175 | † | ||
| Alaska | 2 | 92 | (2.1) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| Arizona | 2 | 86 | (3.3) | 59 | (—) | 72 | (—) | 11 | (0.7) | 175 | 3 | 175 | 180 | † | |
| Arkansas | 3 | 86 | (3.6) | 57 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 18 | (0.9) | 178 | 178 | 178 | † | ||
| California | 2 | 87 | (3.4) | 70 | (—) | 67 | (—) | 14 | (0.7) | 175 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| Colorado | [4] | 91 | (2.9) | 63 | (—) | 68 | (—) | 9 | (0.7) | [4] | 170 | 160 | 450/900 (K5); 990 (1-8); 1,080 (9-12) | ||
| Connecticut | 3 | 93 | (2.3) | 56 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 15 | (0.8) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 900 | ||
| Delaware | 3 | 100 | (†) | 51 | (—) | 78 | (—) | 18 | (0.8) | [4] | [4] | 440 (K); 1,060 (1-11); 1,032 (12) | |||
| District of Columbia | 3 | 92 | (0.5) | 56 | (—) | 76 | (—) | 34 | (1.1) | 180 | 6 | 180 | 180 | † | |
| Florida | 3 | 79 | (4.6) | 57 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 20 | (1.1) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| Georgia | 3 | 83 | (3.5) | 59 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 18 | (0.9) | 180 | 6 | 180 | 180 | 810 (K-3); 900 (4-5); 990 (6-12) | |
| Hawaii | 3 | 93 | (0.3) | 66 | (—) | 70 | (—) | 20 | (0.8) | 184 | 183 | 179 | † | ||
| Idaho | 4 | 7 | 90 | (2.1) | 56 | (—) | 70 | (—) | 9 | (0.6) | 180 | 170 | † | 450 (K); 810 (1-3); 900 (4-8); 990 (9-12) | |
| Illinois | 2 | 83 | (3.6) | 62 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 15 | (0.8) | 180 | 8 | 185 | 176 | 880 | |
| Indiana | 4 | 7 | 87 | (3.4) | 59 | (—) | 72 | (—) | 13 | (0.9) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 900 (1-6); 1,080 (7-12) | |
| Iowa | [4] | 84 | (3.6) | 56 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 10 | (0.6) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 990 (1-11); 962 (12) | ||
| Kansas | 2 | 83 | (4.3) | 56 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 11 | (0.6) | 186 | 186 | 186 (K-11); 181 (12) | 465 (K); 1,116 (1-11); 1,086 (12) | ||
| Kentucky | 3 | 90 | (3.1) | 54 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 15 | (0.8) | 175 | [4] | 175 | 1,050 | ||
| Louisiana | 3 | 92 | (3.0) | 50 | (—) | 78 | (—) | 23 | (1.0) | 175 | 177 | 177 | 1,062 | ||
| Maine | 2 | 91 | (2.0) | 58 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 10 | (0.7) | 175 | 180 | 175 | † | ||
| Maryland | 3 | 83 | (4.1) | 52 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 20 | (0.9) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 1,080 | ||
| Massachusetts | [4] | 91 | (3.0) | 60 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 11 | (0.6) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 425 (K); 900 (1-8); 990 (9-12) | ||
| Michigan | [4] | 90 | (3.1) | 52 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 16 | (1.0) | 180 | 185 | † | 549 (K); 1098 (1-12) | ||
| Minnesota | [4] | 89 | (2.7) | 53 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 8 | (0.6) | [4] | [4] | [4] | † | ||
| Mississippi | 3 | 82 | (3.5) | 50 | (—) | 78 | (—) | 23 | (1.1) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 990 | ||
| Missouri | 2 | 91 | (2.4) | 57 | (—) | 72 | (—) | 14 | (0.7) | 174 | 174 | 174 | 522 (K); 1044 (1-12) | ||
| Montana | 2 | 91 | (1.3) | 58 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 9 | (0.6) | 180 | 180 | 90 (K); 180 (K-12) | 360 (K); 720 (1-3); 1,080 (4-12) | ||
| Nebraska | [4] | 89 | (1.4) | 59 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 10 | (0.7) | [4] | [4] | † | 400 (K); 1,032 (1-8); 1,080 (9-12) | ||
| Nevada | 3 | 91 | (0.6) | 60 | (—) | 71 | (—) | 16 | (0.7) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| New Hampshire | 2 | 92 | (1.8) | 57 | (—) | 70 | (—) | 10 | (0.6) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 945 (1-4); 990 (5-12) | ||
| New Jersey | 3 | 84 | (4.1) | 54 | (—) | 76 | (—) | 15 | (0.7) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| New Mexico | 3 | 84 | (3.1) | 61 | (—) | 72 | (—) | 13 | (0.9) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 450/990 (K5); 990 (1-6);1,080 (7-12) | ||
| New York | 3 | 91 | (2.7) | 51 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 17 | (0.8) | 180 | 6 | 180 | 180 | † | |
| North Carolina | 4 | 81 | (3.7) | 63 | (—) | 78 | (—) | 16 | (0.6) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 1,000 | ||
| North Dakota | [4] | 89 | (1.5) | 54 | (—) | 76 | (—) | 8 | (0.6) | 173 | 173 | 173 | † | ||
| Ohio | 3 | 91 | (3.2) | 53 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 14 | (0.7) | 182 | 182 | 182 | 910 | ||
| Oklahoma | 3 | 84 | (3.8) | 55 | (—) | 68 | (—) | 14 | (0.8) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 1,080 | ||
| Oregon | 2 | 88 | (3.1) | 58 | (—) | 67 | (—) | 11 | (0.7) | [4] | [4] | † | 405 (K); 810 (1-3); 900 (4-8); 990 (9-12) | ||
| Pennsylvania | [4] | 93 | (2.6) | 46 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 14 | (0.9) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 450/900 (K5); 900 (1-6); 990 (7-12) | ||
| Rhode Island | 3 | 91 | (0.4) | 55 | (—) | 68 | (—) | 14 | (0.8) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| South Carolina | 4 | 83 | (4.0) | 55 | (—) | 77 | (—) | 19 | (0.9) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| South Dakota | 2.5 | 93 | (1.0) | 60 | (—) | 76 | (—) | 8 | (0.5) | — | 170 | † | 875 (1-3); 962.5 (4-12) | ||
| Tennessee | 3 | 85 | (3.3) | 53 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 18 | (1.0) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| Texas | 3 | 92 | (2.8) | 57 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 16 | (0.8) | 187 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| Utah | 2 | 95 | (1.9) | 53 | (—) | 66 | (—) | 7 | (0.5) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 990 | ||
| Vermont | 3 | 78 | (2.4) | 57 | (—) | 70 | (—) | 10 | (0.7) | 175 | 175 | 175 | 350 (K); 700 (1-2); 962.5 (3-12) | ||
| Virginia | 3 | 92 | (2.7) | 55 | (—) | 74 | (—) | 17 | (1.0) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 540 (K); 990 (1-12) | ||
| Washington | 2 | 89 | (3.5) | 59 | (—) | 70 | (—) | 12 | (0.7) | 180 | 8 | 180 | 180 | 450 (K); 1,000 (1-12) | |
| West Virginia | 3 | 91 | (3.0) | 47 | (—) | 75 | (—) | 15 | (1.0) | 180 | 180 | 180 | † | ||
| Wisconsin | 2 | 93 | (2.6) | 52 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 12 | (0.9) | 180 | 180 | 180 | 437 (K); 1,050 (1-6); 1,137 (7-12) | ||
| Wyoming | 3 | 97 | (0.2) | 58 | (—) | 73 | (—) | 11 | (0.6) | 175 | 175 | 175 | 450 (K); 900 (1-5); 1,050 (6-8); 1,100 (9-12) | ||
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— Not available.
† Not applicable. 1 Percentage of students who report spending 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, and over 1 hour on mathematics homework each day. 2 Percentage of students agreeing or strongly agreeing with this statement: "Mathematics is useful for solving everyday problems." 3 1994 data. 4 No statewide policy; varies by district. 5 The first number of hours is for half-day kindergarten programs, while the second is for full-day programs. 6 1996 data. 7 Semester credits. 8 1998 data. NOTE: Some states allow for different types of school calendars by setting instruction time in both days and hours. For states in which the number of hours varies by grade, the relevant grade(s) appear in parentheses. In columns 3 through 6, standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Assessment; Education Commission of the States, StateNotes, "Standard High School Graduation Requirements (50-State)," March 2007, retrieved June 21, 2007, from http://mb2.ecs.org/reports/Report.aspx?id=735; Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, What It Takes to Graduate for the Class of 2007, June 2007; and Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2000, 2004, and 2006, supplemented by information from several state education agencies. (This table was prepared June 2007.) |
