Twelfth graders' achievement on history, mathematics, reading, and science tests: 1992

Table 123.

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                         |         |             |         Race/ethnicity             |  Socioeconomic     |  Control of school
                         |         |     Sex     |____________________________________|    status\1\       |_______________________
    Achievement test     |  Total  |_____________|      |      | His- |      |American|____________________|      |        | Other
                         |         | Male |Female|White |Black |panic |Asian | Indian | Low  |Middle| High |Public|Catholic|private
_________________________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______
            1            |    2    |  3   |  4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8   |   9    |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |   14   |  15
_________________________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______
                         |                                 Twelfth graders' achievement, standardized score\2\
                         |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
History .................|    51.2 | 51.9 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 45.9 | 47.4 | 52.1 |   44.5 | 45.8 | 50.5 | 55.9 | 50.8 |   55.1 |  54.9
Mathematics .............|    51.4 | 51.8 | 51.0 | 52.9 | 44.8 | 47.3 | 54.3 |   45.2 | 45.5 | 50.6 | 56.7 | 50.9 |   55.1 |  56.1
Reading .................|    51.0 | 49.9 | 52.2 | 52.4 | 45.5 | 47.2 | 51.4 |   45.2 | 45.9 | 50.4 | 55.5 | 50.6 |   54.7 |  55.0
Science .................|    51.1 | 52.4 | 49.7 | 52.9 | 43.3 | 46.5 | 51.8 |   44.8 | 45.4 | 50.5 | 55.9 | 50.7 |   53.9 |  55.0
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                         |                        Distribution of twelfth graders' achievement, by score quartile\3\
                         |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
History .................|   100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0
  Lower quartile ........|    20.2 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 15.5 | 39.6 | 32.4 | 16.8 |   41.1 | 37.6 | 20.5 |  7.9 | 21.4 |    7.1 |  13.8
  Lower middle quartile .|    24.6 | 21.5 | 27.9 | 23.4 | 28.1 | 28.9 | 25.6 |   32.5 | 30.9 | 26.9 | 16.5 | 25.2 |   21.0 |  17.2
  Upper middle quartile .|    26.9 | 26.3 | 27.4 | 28.4 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 |   13.6 | 21.1 | 27.7 | 29.2 | 26.8 |   31.2 |  22.1
  Upper quartile ........|    28.3 | 32.5 | 23.8 | 32.7 | 10.8 | 15.3 | 32.2 |   12.7 | 10.3 | 24.8 | 46.5 | 26.6 |   40.7 |  46.9
                         |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |      |      |      |      |        |
Mathematics .............|   100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0
  Lower quartile ........|    19.7 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 14.8 | 41.2 | 31.6 | 11.9 |   42.8 | 37.0 | 20.4 |  6.5 | 20.9 |    8.2 |   7.6
  Lower middle quartile .|    24.2 | 22.4 | 26.0 | 22.5 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 21.1 |   29.8 | 32.4 | 26.3 | 15.2 | 24.9 |   17.0 |  17.3
  Upper middle quartile .|    27.6 | 26.9 | 28.4 | 29.5 | 20.3 | 22.9 | 28.4 |   18.5 | 22.4 | 29.3 | 28.4 | 27.2 |   34.3 |  28.5
  Upper quartile ........|    28.5 | 30.6 | 26.3 | 33.2 |  8.5 | 14.9 | 38.7 |    8.9 |  8.3 | 23.9 | 50.0 | 27.0 |   40.5 |  46.6
                         |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |      |      |      |      |        |
Reading .................|   100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0
  Lower quartile ........|    21.1 | 25.6 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 38.2 | 31.6 | 23.2 |   41.2 | 36.3 | 21.6 |  9.8 | 22.3 |    8.1 |  14.0
  Lower middle quartile .|    24.6 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 22.6 | 31.3 | 32.9 | 20.0 |   31.1 | 32.4 | 26.8 | 15.8 | 25.5 |   18.1 |  13.6
  Upper middle quartile .|    26.4 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 20.7 | 21.2 | 24.9 |   15.5 | 20.8 | 27.4 | 28.6 | 25.8 |   36.3 |  25.2
  Upper quartile ........|    27.8 | 24.9 | 30.9 | 32.5 |  9.8 | 14.3 | 31.9 |   12.2 | 10.5 | 24.3 | 45.9 | 26.4 |   37.5 |  47.2
                         |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |      |      |      |      |        |
Science .................|   100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0
  Lower quartile ........|    20.9 | 18.2 | 23.6 | 14.0 | 52.6 | 34.3 | 17.7 |   37.6 | 39.0 | 20.9 |  8.4 | 21.9 |   11.7 |  10.5
  Lower middle quartile .|    24.5 | 21.1 | 28.1 | 23.0 | 25.2 | 33.8 | 25.2 |   35.8 | 31.9 | 26.8 | 16.0 | 25.0 |   22.0 |  17.4
  Upper middle quartile .|    26.3 | 27.1 | 25.5 | 29.0 | 16.0 | 18.9 | 26.5 |   20.9 | 19.8 | 28.3 | 27.4 | 26.3 |   27.3 |  26.1
  Upper quartile ........|    28.3 | 33.6 | 22.7 | 33.9 |  6.2 | 13.1 | 30.5 |    5.7 |  9.3 | 24.1 | 48.3 | 26.8 |   39.0 |  46.0
_________________________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|______|______|______|______|________|_______

\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income. The "Low" SES group is the lowest quartile; the "Middle" SES group is the middle two quartiles; and the "High" SES group is the upper quartile.
\2\In the full data file, the standardized scores have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Because dropouts and students who were retained in grades between 8 and 11 were excluded from this tabulation, the scores are slightly higher.
\3\In the full data file, twenty-five percent of all students fall into each one of the quartile groupings. Because dropouts and students who were retained in grades between 8 and 11 were excluded from this tabulation, the scores are slightly higher.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Second Followup" survey. (This table was prepared July 1995.)

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