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| Table 147. | Average mathematics scale score of 8th-graders and percentage reporting various attitudes toward mathematics work, by frequency of attitude and selected student and school characteristics: 2009 |
| Student or school characteristic | Math work is engaging and interesting | Math work is challenging | Math work is too easy | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never or hardly ever | Sometimes | Often | Always/ almost always | Never or hardly ever | Sometimes | Often | Always/ almost always | Never or hardly ever | Sometimes | Often | Always/ almost always | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Average scale score1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 279 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.3) | 287 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.6) | 293 | (0.5) | 284 | (0.3) | 283 | (0.4) | 274 | (0.6) | 283 | (0.5) | 282 | (0.3) | 287 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.6) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 281 | (0.5) | 285 | (0.5) | 288 | (0.5) | 285 | (0.7) | 296 | (0.7) | 286 | (0.4) | 283 | (0.5) | 274 | (0.8) | 283 | (0.7) | 283 | (0.4) | 288 | (0.4) | 291 | (0.8) |
| Female | 278 | (0.5) | 283 | (0.4) | 287 | (0.5) | 283 | (0.8) | 290 | (0.7) | 283 | (0.4) | 282 | (0.5) | 273 | (0.6) | 283 | (0.6) | 281 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.6) | 286 | (0.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 286 | (0.4) | 294 | (0.3) | 298 | (0.5) | 298 | (0.6) | 300 | (0.5) | 293 | (0.3) | 293 | (0.4) | 285 | (0.6) | 291 | (0.5) | 292 | (0.3) | 297 | (0.4) | 298 | (0.7) |
| Black | 260 | (0.9) | 261 | (0.6) | 264 | (0.7) | 263 | (0.9) | 273 | (1.2) | 263 | (0.5) | 260 | (0.7) | 253 | (1.1) | 260 | (0.8) | 260 | (0.5) | 266 | (0.8) | 266 | (1.4) |
| Hispanic | 265 | (0.9) | 266 | (0.7) | 271 | (1.0) | 269 | (1.0) | 276 | (1.4) | 268 | (0.7) | 267 | (0.9) | 260 | (1.3) | 265 | (1.0) | 266 | (0.7) | 271 | (0.8) | 273 | (1.5) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 299 | (1.9) | 301 | (1.5) | 304 | (1.7) | 303 | (2.4) | 314 | (2.3) | 303 | (1.4) | 298 | (1.7) | 285 | (2.7) | 299 | (2.0) | 299 | (1.2) | 303 | (2.1) | 312 | (2.3) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
264 | (2.5) | 266 | (2.3) | 269 | (1.9) | 268 | (3.0) | 283 | (3.7) | 267 | (1.9) | 263 | (2.2) | 260 | (3.1) | 262 | (3.0) | 266 | (1.6) | 268 | (2.9) | 277 | (5.6) |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 265 | (0.5) | 267 | (0.5) | 270 | (0.5) | 268 | (0.6) | 277 | (0.7) | 269 | (0.4) | 266 | (0.5) | 256 | (0.7) | 264 | (0.6) | 266 | (0.4) | 271 | (0.5) | 274 | (0.8) |
| Not eligible | 287 | (0.4) | 294 | (0.4) | 299 | (0.5) | 297 | (0.8) | 302 | (0.5) | 294 | (0.4) | 293 | (0.4) | 287 | (0.6) | 292 | (0.5) | 292 | (0.3) | 297 | (0.5) | 300 | (0.7) |
| Unknown | 288 | (1.6) | 296 | (1.6) | 298 | (2.3) | 303 | (2.7) | 306 | (2.7) | 296 | (1.4) | 295 | (1.9) | 287 | (2.5) | 293 | (1.9) | 294 | (1.7) | 299 | (2.0) | 305 | (3.4) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 279 | (0.4) | 283 | (0.3) | 286 | (0.4) | 282 | (0.5) | 292 | (0.5) | 283 | (0.3) | 281 | (0.4) | 272 | (0.5) | 282 | (0.4) | 280 | (0.3) | 286 | (0.4) | 288 | (0.6) |
| Private | 289 | (1.4) | 296 | (1.4) | 299 | (1.9) | 302 | (2.4) | 306 | (2.5) | 296 | (1.3) | 295 | (1.4) | 288 | (2.6) | 292 | (1.7) | 295 | (1.3) | 300 | (1.9) | 304 | (3.2) |
| Percent of students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 24 | (0.2) | 36 | (0.2) | 26 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.2) | 31 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.1) | 17 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 21 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 24 | (0.3) | 35 | (0.3) | 27 | (0.3) | 13 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.3) | 31 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.1) | 15 | (0.2) | 53 | (0.3) | 23 | (0.3) | 9 | (0.2) |
| Female | 24 | (0.3) | 37 | (0.3) | 26 | (0.3) | 13 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.3) | 30 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.2) | 20 | (0.2) | 55 | (0.3) | 19 | (0.2) | 6 | (0.1) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 27 | (0.3) | 36 | (0.3) | 26 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.1) | 14 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.3) | 30 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.1) | 20 | (0.2) | 53 | (0.3) | 20 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.1) |
| Black | 19 | (0.4) | 35 | (0.3) | 27 | (0.4) | 20 | (0.5) | 11 | (0.3) | 45 | (0.5) | 31 | (0.4) | 14 | (0.3) | 15 | (0.3) | 55 | (0.4) | 22 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.3) |
| Hispanic | 21 | (0.5) | 37 | (0.5) | 28 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.5) | 10 | (0.3) | 47 | (0.6) | 32 | (0.5) | 11 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.4) | 57 | (0.5) | 23 | (0.4) | 7 | (0.3) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 16 | (1.0) | 36 | (0.9) | 30 | (1.1) | 18 | (1.0) | 16 | (0.7) | 49 | (1.0) | 27 | (0.9) | 8 | (0.5) | 9 | (0.7) | 51 | (1.0) | 28 | (0.8) | 12 | (0.7) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
22 | (1.4) | 36 | (1.5) | 26 | (1.2) | 15 | (1.0) | 10 | (1.1) | 43 | (1.6) | 33 | (1.6) | 14 | (1.0) | 18 | (1.0) | 54 | (1.9) | 21 | (1.4) | 7 | (0.8) |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 22 | (0.3) | 35 | (0.2) | 27 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.4) | 30 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.2) | 55 | (0.3) | 22 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.2) |
| Not eligible | 26 | (0.3) | 37 | (0.3) | 26 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.3) | 30 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.1) | 19 | (0.3) | 53 | (0.3) | 21 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.2) |
| Unknown | 23 | (1.1) | 34 | (1.1) | 28 | (1.0) | 15 | (0.9) | 11 | (0.7) | 44 | (1.0) | 34 | (0.9) | 11 | (0.8) | 22 | (0.8) | 54 | (1.1) | 18 | (0.7) | 7 | (0.5) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 24 | (0.2) | 36 | (0.2) | 26 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 13 | (0.2) | 46 | (0.2) | 30 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.1) | 17 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 21 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) |
| Private | 23 | (0.9) | 36 | (0.9) | 27 | (0.9) | 14 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.7) | 45 | (0.9) | 34 | (0.8) | 10 | (0.6) | 22 | (0.7) | 55 | (0.9) | 18 | (0.7) | 6 | (0.5) |
| 1 Scale ranges from 0 to 500. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Includes students for whom accommodations were permitted. Excludes students unable to be tested (even with accommodations) due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment, retrieved May 6, 2010, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared May 2010.) |
