Characteristic | 1982 | 1987 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2000 | 2004 |
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Low academic | ||||||||
Total | 27.2 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 5.6 |
Primary physical science | 12.2 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
Secondary physical science and basic biology |
15.0 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 3.4 |
Middle academic | ||||||||
General biology | 35.2 | 41.5 | 37.0 | 36.4 | 34.1 | 28.6 | 27.5 | 25.4 |
Advanced academic | ||||||||
Total | 35.4 | 41.9 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 55.3 | 61.5 | 63.1 | 68.4 |
Chemistry I or physics I | 14.9 | 21.4 | 25.8 | 27.1 | 29.4 | 30.2 | 30.5 | 33.3 |
Chemistry I and physics I | 5.9 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 17.1 |
Chemistry II, physics II, and/or advanced biology |
14.6 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 18.1 |
NOTE: Totals do not add to 100 because a small percentage of students completed no science or only basic or remedial-level courses. | ||||||||
The courses classified at these science academic levels are:
Primary physical science: Physical science; applied physical science; earth science; college preparatory earth science; and unified science. | ||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. High School and Beyond Study of 1980 Sophomores (1982); National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (1992); National Assessment of Educational Progress Transcript Study (1987, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2000); Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 and High School Transcript Study (2004). |