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| Table 222.30 | Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scale score of 8th-graders with various attitudes toward mathematics and percentage reporting these attitudes, by selected student and school characteristics: 2013 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 280 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.3) | 287 | (0.6) | 295 | (0.6) | 286 | (0.3) | 284 | (0.3) | 275 | (0.5) | 285 | (0.5) | 283 | (0.3) | 287 | (0.3) | 290 | (0.7) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 281 | (0.5) | 285 | (0.4) | 290 | (0.4) | 287 | (0.8) | 297 | (0.9) | 287 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.4) | 274 | (0.7) | 284 | (0.7) | 284 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.5) | 292 | (0.9) |
| Female | 279 | (0.5) | 284 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.4) | 288 | (0.7) | 293 | (0.7) | 285 | (0.3) | 284 | (0.5) | 277 | (0.7) | 286 | (0.6) | 283 | (0.4) | 286 | (0.5) | 288 | (1.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 286 | (0.4) | 294 | (0.4) | 300 | (0.4) | 300 | (0.7) | 303 | (0.5) | 295 | (0.3) | 294 | (0.4) | 286 | (0.7) | 292 | (0.5) | 293 | (0.3) | 297 | (0.4) | 299 | (0.8) |
| Black | 260 | (0.8) | 263 | (0.6) | 267 | (0.8) | 266 | (1.0) | 273 | (1.4) | 265 | (0.5) | 263 | (0.7) | 255 | (0.9) | 264 | (1.0) | 262 | (0.5) | 266 | (0.7) | 269 | (1.4) |
| Hispanic | 268 | (0.9) | 271 | (0.7) | 275 | (0.6) | 275 | (1.2) | 279 | (1.6) | 273 | (0.5) | 271 | (0.8) | 264 | (0.9) | 272 | (1.4) | 270 | (0.6) | 275 | (0.7) | 277 | (1.7) |
| Asian | 303 | (2.0) | 306 | (1.8) | 314 | (1.4) | 311 | (2.1) | 324 | (1.8) | 310 | (1.2) | 303 | (1.9) | 296 | (3.6) | 311 | (2.7) | 307 | (1.6) | 310 | (1.6) | 316 | (2.2) |
| Pacific Islander | 269 | (4.7) | 278 | (4.1) | 273 | (5.4) | 277 | (4.6) | 289 | (7.0) | 278 | (3.0) | 271 | (4.4) | 265 | (3.6) | 277 | (7.5) | 274 | (2.7) | 275 | (5.3) | 283 | (5.7) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
270 | (2.8) | 269 | (2.2) | 272 | (2.2) | 271 | (3.9) | 281 | (4.0) | 270 | (2.2) | 271 | (2.4) | 262 | (3.7) | 268 | (2.9) | 268 | (1.8) | 277 | (2.6) | 276 | (5.3) |
| Two or more races | 281 | (1.9) | 285 | (1.3) | 290 | (2.2) | 302 | (5.4) | 299 | (3.1) | 290 | (1.7) | 285 | (1.5) | 277 | (3.6) | 286 | (2.5) | 285 | (1.3) | 293 | (3.0) | 299 | (2.8) |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 267 | (0.5) | 270 | (0.4) | 274 | (0.4) | 272 | (0.6) | 280 | (0.9) | 272 | (0.3) | 269 | (0.4) | 260 | (0.6) | 268 | (0.7) | 269 | (0.3) | 274 | (0.4) | 277 | (0.9) |
| Not eligible | 289 | (0.5) | 297 | (0.4) | 303 | (0.4) | 303 | (0.6) | 306 | (0.6) | 298 | (0.4) | 296 | (0.4) | 289 | (0.8) | 296 | (0.5) | 296 | (0.4) | 300 | (0.5) | 304 | (1.0) |
| Unknown | 284 | (1.8) | 297 | (2.4) | 306 | (2.6) | 305 | (4.1) | 308 | (3.7) | 299 | (2.5) | 295 | (2.4) | 292 | (3.8) | 296 | (3.3) | 297 | (2.2) | 304 | (2.6) | 302 | (5.2) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 279 | (0.4) | 283 | (0.3) | 288 | (0.3) | 286 | (0.5) | 294 | (0.6) | 285 | (0.3) | 283 | (0.3) | 274 | (0.4) | 284 | (0.5) | 282 | (0.3) | 286 | (0.4) | 290 | (0.7) |
| Private | 284 | (1.5) | 295 | (2.1) | 303 | (2.1) | 303 | (3.4) | 307 | (4.0) | 298 | (1.8) | 292 | (1.8) | 292 | (2.7) | 295 | (2.4) | 294 | (1.9) | 303 | (2.2) | 301 | (4.7) |
| Percent of students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All students | 22 | (0.2) | 35 | (0.2) | 28 | (0.2) | 15 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.3) | 32 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.1) | 17 | (0.2) | 55 | (0.2) | 21 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.1) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 21 | (0.3) | 33 | (0.3) | 29 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.3) | 33 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.2) | 15 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.3) | 23 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) |
| Female | 22 | (0.3) | 37 | (0.2) | 27 | (0.3) | 14 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.4) | 32 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.2) | 20 | (0.3) | 55 | (0.3) | 19 | (0.2) | 6 | (0.1) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 25 | (0.3) | 36 | (0.3) | 27 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.3) | 32 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.2) | 20 | (0.3) | 54 | (0.3) | 19 | (0.2) | 6 | (0.1) |
| Black | 18 | (0.5) | 33 | (0.4) | 27 | (0.4) | 21 | (0.5) | 11 | (0.3) | 44 | (0.5) | 32 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.4) | 15 | (0.4) | 54 | (0.5) | 22 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.3) |
| Hispanic | 19 | (0.5) | 36 | (0.5) | 30 | (0.5) | 16 | (0.4) | 10 | (0.4) | 46 | (0.6) | 33 | (0.5) | 11 | (0.3) | 13 | (0.4) | 56 | (0.5) | 23 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.2) |
| Asian | 14 | (0.8) | 37 | (1.0) | 31 | (0.9) | 18 | (0.8) | 14 | (0.8) | 50 | (1.2) | 28 | (1.1) | 8 | (0.6) | 9 | (0.8) | 52 | (1.2) | 27 | (0.9) | 12 | (0.7) |
| Pacific Islander | 15 | (1.9) | 36 | (2.7) | 28 | (3.1) | 21 | (2.4) | 11 | (2.5) | 46 | (3.0) | 33 | (2.9) | 11 | (1.7) | 9 | (1.5) | 57 | (3.2) | 28 | (3.1) | 7 | (1.9) |
| American Indian/ Alaska Native |
20 | (1.4) | 36 | (1.5) | 28 | (1.4) | 16 | (1.3) | 11 | (1.3) | 44 | (1.7) | 32 | (1.6) | 13 | (1.0) | 16 | (1.2) | 57 | (1.8) | 21 | (1.2) | 7 | (1.0) |
| Two or more races | 22 | (1.0) | 37 | (1.3) | 28 | (1.3) | 14 | (1.1) | 13 | (0.9) | 44 | (1.5) | 32 | (1.2) | 12 | (0.8) | 18 | (0.9) | 52 | (1.1) | 22 | (0.9) | 8 | (0.7) |
| Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| Eligible | 20 | (0.3) | 35 | (0.3) | 28 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.3) | 11 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.3) | 32 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.2) | 55 | (0.3) | 23 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.2) |
| Not eligible | 23 | (0.3) | 36 | (0.2) | 28 | (0.3) | 13 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.3) | 32 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.2) | 19 | (0.3) | 54 | (0.3) | 20 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.1) |
| Unknown | 22 | (1.3) | 33 | (1.1) | 28 | (1.3) | 16 | (1.1) | 11 | (0.8) | 45 | (1.5) | 33 | (1.2) | 11 | (0.8) | 23 | (1.2) | 56 | (1.3) | 16 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.5) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 22 | (0.2) | 36 | (0.2) | 28 | (0.2) | 15 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.2) | 45 | (0.2) | 32 | (0.2) | 11 | (0.1) | 17 | (0.2) | 54 | (0.2) | 21 | (0.2) | 8 | (0.1) |
| Private | 23 | (0.9) | 34 | (1.0) | 28 | (1.0) | 15 | (0.9) | 10 | (0.6) | 43 | (1.3) | 35 | (1.1) | 12 | (0.7) | 24 | (1.0) | 57 | (1.1) | 15 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.4) |
| 1 Scale ranges from 0 to 500. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Includes students tested with accommodations (12 percent of all 8th-grade students); excludes only those students with disabilities and English language learners who were unable to be tested even with accommodations (1 percent of all 8th-grade students). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Mathematics Assessment, retrieved November 15, 2013, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared November 2013.) |