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(13 KB)| Table 128 | Mathematics performance of 17-year-olds, by highest mathematics course taken, sex, and race/ethnicity: 1978 to 1996 |
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| | Average performance by highest mathematics course taken | Percent of students at or above
Year, |Percent |______________________________________________________________|____________________________________________
sex, and | of | All |Prealgebra| | | |Precal- |Level |Level |Level |Level
race/ |students |areas |or general|Algebra |Geometry |Algebra |culus |200\1\ |250\2\ |300\3\ |350\4\
ethnicity | | |mathe- | I | | II | or | | | |
| | |matics | | | |calculus | | | |
____________|___________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|__________|__________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
____________|___________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|__________|__________|__________
1978 | | | | | | | | | | |
Total ......|100.0 (0.0)|300.4 (1.0)| 267 (0.8)|286 (0.7)|307 (0.7)|321 (0.7)|334 (1.4)| 99.8 (0.1)|92.0 (0.5)|51.5 (1.1)| 7.3 (0.4)
Male .....| 48.7 (0.5)|303.8 (1.0)| 269 (1.0)|289 (0.9)|310 (1.0)|325 (0.8)|337 (2.0)| 99.9 (0.1)|93.0 (0.5)|55.1 (1.2)| 9.5 (0.6)
Female ...| 51.3 (0.5)|297.1 (1.0)| 265 (0.9)|284 (1.0)|304 (0.8)|318 (0.9)|329 (1.8)| 99.7 (0.1)|91.0 (0.6)|48.2 (1.3)| 5.2 (0.7)
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White ....| 83.1 (1.3)|305.9 (0.9)| 272 (0.6)|291 (0.6)|310 (0.6)|325 (0.6)|338 (1.1)|100.0 ---|95.6 (0.3)|57.6 (1.1)| 8.5 (0.5)
Black ....| 11.8 (1.1)|268.4 (1.3)| 247 (1.6)|264 (1.5)|281 (1.9)|292 (1.4)|297 (6.5)| 98.8 (0.3)|70.7 (1.7)|16.8 (1.6)| 0.5 (0.2)
Hispanic .| 4.0 (0.5)|276.3 (2.3)| 256 (2.3)|273 (2.8)|294 (4.4)|303 (2.9)|306 (6.1)| 99.3 (0.4)|78.3 (2.3)|23.4 (2.7)| 1.4 (0.6)
Other\5\..| 1.1 (0.1)|312.9 (3.3)| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|100.0 ---|94.5 (2.6)|64.7 (4.9)|15.4 (3.2)
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1990 | | | | | | | | | | |
Total ......|100.0 (0.0)|304.6 (0.9)| 273 (1.1)|288 (1.2)|299 (1.5)|319 (1.0)|344 (2.6)|100.0 ---|96.0 (0.5)|56.1 (1.4)| 7.2 (0.6)
Male .....| 48.6 (0.9)|306.3 (1.1)| 274 (1.7)|291 (1.6)|302 (1.6)|323 (1.2)|347 (2.4)| 99.9 ---|95.8 (0.8)|57.6 (1.4)| 8.8 (0.8)
Female ...| 51.4 (0.9)|302.9 (1.1)| 271 (1.8)|285 (1.8)|296 (1.8)|316 (1.1)|341 (4.0)|100.0 ---|96.2 (0.8)|54.7 (1.8)| 5.6 (0.8)
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White ....| 73.3 (0.5)|309.5 (1.0)| 277 (1.1)|292 (1.6)|304 (1.3)|323 (0.9)|347 (2.8)|100.0 ---|97.6 (0.3)|63.2 (1.6)| 8.3 (0.7)
Black ....| 15.6 (0.3)|288.5 (2.8)| 264 (2.2)|278 (4.0)|285 (3.5)|302 (3.2)|329 (7.6)| 99.9 ---|92.4 (2.2)|32.8 (4.5)| 2.0 (1.0)
Hispanic .| 6.9 (0.4)|283.5 (2.9)| 259 (4.0)|278 (4.1)|286 (3.5)|306 (3.3)|323 (9.6)| 99.6 ---|85.8 (4.2)|30.1 (3.1)| 1.9 (0.8)
Other\5\..| 4.2 (0.5)|312.5 (5.2)| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|100.0 ---|97.9 ---|61.6 (7.0)|15.9 (4.3)
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1992 | | | | | | | | | | |
Total ......|100.0 (0.0)|306.7 (0.9)| 271 (1.6)|289 (1.1)|302 (1.6)|320 (0.7)|343 (1.7)|100.0 ---|96.6 (0.5)|59.1 (1.3)| 7.2 (0.6)
Male .....| 50.7 (1.2)|308.9 (1.1)| 275 (2.3)|291 (1.7)|306 (2.0)|323 (1.1)|344 (2.7)|100.0 ---|96.9 (0.6)|60.5 (1.8)| 9.1 (0.7)
Female ...| 49.3 (1.2)|304.5 (1.1)| 267 (1.6)|287 (1.8)|297 (2.0)|317 (1.0)|341 (2.0)|100.0 ---|96.3 (0.8)|57.7 (1.6)| 5.2 (0.8)
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White ....| 74.7 (0.5)|311.9 (0.8)| 276 (1.7)|293 (1.0)|306 (1.6)|323 (0.9)|347 (1.6)|100.0 ---|98.3 (0.4)|66.4 (1.4)| 8.7 (0.9)
Black ....| 14.8 (0.3)|285.8 (2.2)| 256 (4.8)|279 (3.4)|283 (3.4)|301 (2.2)|313 (5.7)|100.0 ---|89.6 (2.5)|29.8 (3.9)| 0.9 ---
Hispanic .| 7.4 (0.5)|292.2 (2.6)| 269 (3.1)|285 (3.1)|297 (3.9)|312 (2.0)|320 (7.3)|100.0 ---|94.1 (2.2)|39.2 (4.9)| 1.2 ---
Other\5\..| 3.1 (0.2)|317.1 (4.0)| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|100.0 ---|96.5 (1.7)|69.8 (4.8)|16.9 (5.7)
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1994 | | | | | | | | | | |
Total ......|100.0 (0.0)|306.2 (1.0)| 272 1.2 |288 (1.4)|297 (1.7)|316 (1.0)|340 (2.2)|100.0 ---|96.5 (0.5)|58.6 (1.4)| 7.4 (0.8)
Male .....| 49.5 (1.3)|308.5 (1.4)| 274 1.8 |289 (1.6)|301 (2.1)|320 (1.5)|343 (2.6)|100.0 ---|97.3 (0.6)|60.2 (2.1)| 9.3 (1.0)
Female ...| 50.5 (1.3)|304.1 (1.1)| 268 1.9 |286 (1.9)|293 (1.8)|313 (1.1)|337 (2.8)|100.0 ---|96.0 (0.6)|57.2 (1.4)| 5.5 (0.9)
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White ....| 72.5 (0.5)|312.3 (1.1)| 275 (1.4)|292 (1.7)|301 (1.5)|320 (1.0)|344 (2.0)|100.0 ---|98.4 (0.4)|67.0 (1.4)| 9.4 (1.1)
Black ....| 15.5 (0.3)|285.5 (1.8)| --- ---|275 (3.3)|283 (3.8)|297 (2.5)|--- ---|100.0 ---|90.6 (1.8)|29.8 (3.4)| 0.4 ---
Hispanic .| 8.8 (0.3)|290.8 (3.7)| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|304 (4.1)|--- ---|100.0 ---|91.8 (3.6)|38.3 (5.5)| 1.4 ---
Other\5\..| 3.2 (0.3)|312.7 (4.5)| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|100.0 ---|97.0 ---|66.4 (6.6)|12.1 (3.6)
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1996 | | | | | | | | | | |
Total ......|100.0 (0.0)|307.2 (1.2)| 269 (1.9)|283 (1.3)|298 (1.3)|316 (1.3)|339 (1.7)|100.0 ---|96.8 (0.4)|60.1 (1.7)| 7.4 (0.8)
Male .....| 49.5 (1.2)|309.5 (1.3)| 272 (2.5)|287 (1.5)|302 (1.7)|320 (1.7)|342 (2.3)|100.0 ---|97.0 (0.7)|62.7 (1.8)| 9.5 (1.3)
Female ...| 50.5 (1.2)|304.9 (1.4)| 265 (2.2)|278 (2.2)|294 (1.5)|313 (1.4)|335 (2.2)|100.0 ---|96.7 (0.6)|57.6 (2.2)| 5.3 (0.8)
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White ....| 71.0 (0.6)|313.4 (1.4)| 273 (2.3)|287 (2.0)|304 (1.6)|320 (1.4)|342 (1.9)|100.0 ---|98.7 (0.4)|68.7 (2.2)| 9.2 (1.0)
Black ....| 15.0 (0.3)|286.4 (1.7)| --- ---|273 (2.4)|280 (3.0)|299 (2.2)|--- ---|100.0 ---|90.6 (1.3)|31.2 (2.5)| 0.9 ---
Hispanic .| 9.0 (0.7)|292.0 (2.1)| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|306 (2.8)|--- ---| 99.9 ---|92.2 (2.2)|40.1 (3.5)| 1.8 ---
Other\5\..| 5.0 ---| --- ---| --- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|--- ---|100.0 ---|97.4 (1.2)|63.5 (7.2)|13.7 (5.0)
____________|___________|___________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|__________|__________|__________ |
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\1\Indicates ability to perform simple additive reasoning and problem solving.
\2\Indicates ability to perform simple multiplicative reasoning and 2-step problem solving. \3\Indicates ability to perform reasoning and problem solving involving fractions, decimals, percents, elementary geometry, and simple algebra. \4\Indicates ability to perform reasoning and problem solving involving geometry, algebra, and beginning statistics and probability. \5\Includes Asian/Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaskan Natives. ---Data not available. NOTE.--These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, Trends in Academic Progress and NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared June 1999.)
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