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Figure 20-2.

Percentage of spring 2000 first-graders who scored in the top half of the fifth-grade mathematics assessment and went on to enroll in algebra or an advanced course other than algebra in the eighth grade, by race/ethnicity and sex: Spring 2007


Percentage of spring 2000 first-graders who  scored in the top half of the fifth-grade mathematics  assessment and went on to enroll in algebra or an  advanced course other than algebra in the eighth  grade,  by race/ethnicity and sex: Spring 2007

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.
1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the figure.
NOTE: Estimates represent all U.S. students who attended 1st grade in the spring of 2000 and then were in a U.S. 8th grade in the 2006–07 school year. "Algebra or an advanced course other than algebra" includes algebra I, integrated or sequential mathematics, algebra II, and geometry. Estimates were weighted by C7CPTM0. Reporting standards for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students, American Indian/Alaska Native students, and students of two or more races were not met; therefore, data for these groups are not shown in the figure. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K), Kindergarten-Eighth Grade Full Sample Public-Use Data File.