Mathematics Coursetaking and Achievement at the End of High School:
NCES 2008-319
January 2008


Table A-6.  Number and percentage of unique mathematics items in ELS:2002 first follow-up, by content area: 2004
 
Content area  Number of items Percentage of items
Arithmetic  15 25.4
Algebra  17 28.8
Geometry/measurement  17 28.8
Data analysis, statistics/probability  4 6.8
Advanced topics1  6 10.2
1 "Advanced topics" includes precalculus and analytic geometry.
NOTE: To provide overlap, some items appear on more than one test form.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "First Follow-up, 2004."

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