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| Table 119. | Percentage of students at or above selected mathematics proficiency levels, by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1978 through 2004 |
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| 9-year-olds\1\ | 13-year-olds\2\ | 17-year-olds\2\
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| | | Numerical|Moderately| | Numerical|Moderately| | | Numerical|Moderately|
| | |operations| complex| |operations| complex|Multi-step| |operations| complex|
| | Beginning| and|procedures| Beginning| and|procedures| problem| Beginning| and|procedures|Multi-step
Selected | Simple| skills and| beginning| and| skills and| beginning| and| solving| skills and| beginning| and| problem
character- |arithmetic|understand-| problem| reason-|understand-| problem| reason-| and|understand-| problem| reason-|solving and
istic | facts\3\| ing\4\|solving\5\| ing\6\| ing\4\|solving\5\| ing\6\|algebra\7\| ing\4\|solving\5\| ing\6\| algebra\7\
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1978 ......| 96.7(0.3)| 70.4(0.9)| 19.6(0.7)| 0.8(0.1)| 94.6(0.5)| 64.9(1.2)| 18.0(0.7)| 1.0(0.2)| 99.8(0.1)| 92.0(0.5)| 51.5(1.1)| 7.3 (0.4)
1982 ......| 97.1(0.3)| 71.4(1.2)| 18.8(1.0)| 0.6(0.1)| 97.7(0.4)| 71.4(1.2)| 17.4(0.9)| 0.5(0.1)| 99.9 (‡) | 93.0(0.5)| 48.5(1.3)| 5.5 (0.4)
1986 ......| 97.9(0.3)| 74.1(1.2)| 20.7(0.9)| 0.6(0.2)| 98.6(0.2)| 73.3(1.6)| 15.8(1.0)| 0.4(0.1)| 99.9 (‡) | 95.6(0.5)| 51.7(1.4)| 6.5 (0.5)
1990 ......| 99.1(0.2)| 81.5(1.0)| 27.7(0.9)| 1.2(0.3)| 98.5(0.2)| 74.7(1.0)| 17.3(1.0)| 0.4(0.1)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.0(0.5)| 56.1(1.4)| 7.2 (0.6)
1992 ......| 99.0(0.2)| 81.4(0.8)| 27.8(0.9)| 1.2(0.3)| 98.7(0.3)| 77.9(1.1)| 18.9(1.0)| 0.4(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.6(0.5)| 59.1(1.3)| 7.2 (0.6)
1994 ......| 99.0(0.2)| 82.0(0.7)| 29.9(1.1)| 1.3(0.4)| 98.5(0.3)| 78.1(1.1)| 21.3(1.4)| 0.6(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.5(0.5)| 58.6(1.4)| 7.4 (0.8)
1996 ......| 99.1(0.2)| 81.5(0.8)| 29.7(1.0)| 1.6(0.3)| 98.8(0.2)| 78.6(0.9)| 20.6(1.2)| 0.6(0.1)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.8(0.4)| 60.1(1.7)| 7.4 (0.8)
1999 ......| 98.9(0.2)| 82.5(0.8)| 30.9(1.1)| 1.7(0.3)| 98.7(0.2)| 78.8(1.0)| 23.2(1.0)| 0.9(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.8(0.5)| 60.7(1.6)| 8.4 (0.8)
2004 ......| 99.3(0.1)| 88.6(0.8)| 41.9(1.2)| --- (†) | 98.6(0.2)| 83.5(1.0)| 29.0(1.1)| --- (†) | --- (†) | 96.7(0.4)| 58.6(1.3)| 6.9 (0.6)
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Male | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 ......| 96.2(0.5)| 68.9(1.0)| 19.2(0.6)| 0.7(0.2)| 93.9(0.5)| 63.9(1.3)| 18.4(0.9)| 1.1(0.2)| 99.9(0.1)| 93.0(0.5)| 55.1(1.2)| 9.5 (0.6)
1982 ......| 96.5(0.5)| 68.8(1.3)| 18.1(1.1)| 0.6(0.1)| 97.5(0.6)| 71.3(1.4)| 18.9(1.2)| 0.7(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 93.9(0.6)| 51.9(1.5)| 6.9 (0.7)
1986 ......| 98.0(0.5)| 74.0(1.4)| 20.9(1.1)| 0.7(0.3)| 98.5(0.3)| 73.8(1.8)| 17.6(1.1)| 0.5(0.2)| 99.9 (‡) | 96.1(0.6)| 54.6(1.8)| 8.4 (0.9)
1990 ......| 99.0(0.3)| 80.6(1.0)| 27.5(1.0)| 1.3(0.4)| 98.2(0.3)| 75.1(1.8)| 19.0(1.2)| 0.5(0.2)| 99.9 (‡) | 95.8(0.8)| 57.6(1.4)| 8.8 (0.8)
1992 ......| 99.0(0.3)| 81.9(1.0)| 29.4(1.2)| 1.4(0.3)| 98.8(0.4)| 78.1(1.6)| 20.7(1.1)| 0.5(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.9(0.6)| 60.5(1.8)| 9.1 (0.7)
1994 ......| 99.1(0.3)| 82.3(0.9)| 31.5(1.6)| 1.4(0.4)| 98.3(0.4)| 78.9(1.5)| 23.9(1.6)| 0.8(0.3)| 100.0 (‡) | 97.3(0.6)| 60.2(2.1)| 9.3 (1.0)
1996 ......| 99.1(0.2)| 82.5(1.1)| 32.7(1.7)| 2.0(0.5)| 98.7(0.3)| 79.8(1.4)| 23.0(1.6)| 0.8(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 97.0(0.7)| 62.7(1.8)| 9.5 (1.3)
1999 ......| 98.8(0.3)| 82.6(0.9)| 32.4(1.3)| 1.9(0.4)| 98.5(0.3)| 79.3(1.1)| 25.4(1.2)| 1.2(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.5(0.8)| 63.1(2.1)| 9.8 (1.1)
2004 ......| 99.3(0.2)| 89.3(0.9)| 43.5(1.2)| --- (†) | 98.3(0.3)| 82.8(1.2)| 32.6(1.6)| --- (†) | --- (†) | 96.6(0.6)| 60.6(1.6)| 8.8 (1.0)
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Female | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 ......| 97.2(0.3)| 72.0(1.1)| 19.9(1.0)| 0.8(0.2)| 95.2(0.5)| 65.9(1.2)| 17.5(0.7)| 0.9(0.2)| 99.7(0.1)| 91.0(0.6)| 48.2(1.3)| 5.2 (0.7)
1982 ......| 97.6(0.3)| 74.0(1.3)| 19.6(1.1)| 0.5(0.1)| 98.0(0.3)| 71.4(1.3)| 15.9(1.0)| 0.4(0.2)| 99.9 (‡) | 92.1(0.6)| 45.3(1.4)| 4.1 (0.4)
1986 ......| 97.8(0.4)| 74.3(1.3)| 20.6(1.3)| 0.6(0.3)| 98.6(0.3)| 72.7(1.9)| 14.1(1.3)| 0.3(0.1)| 100.0 (‡) | 95.1(0.7)| 48.9(1.7)| 4.7 (0.6)
1990 ......| 99.1(0.3)| 82.3(1.3)| 27.9(1.3)| 1.0(0.3)| 98.9(0.2)| 74.4(1.3)| 15.7(1.0)| 0.2(0.1)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.2(0.8)| 54.7(1.8)| 5.6 (0.8)
1992 ......| 99.0(0.3)| 80.9(1.1)| 26.3(1.5)| 1.0(0.4)| 98.6(0.2)| 77.7(1.1)| 17.2(1.4)| 0.3 (‡) | 100.0 (‡) | 96.3(0.8)| 57.7(1.6)| 5.2 (0.8)
1994 ......| 98.9(0.3)| 81.7(0.9)| 28.3(1.3)| 1.1(0.4)| 98.7(0.3)| 77.3(1.0)| 18.7(1.4)| 0.5(0.3)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.0(0.6)| 57.2(1.4)| 5.5 (0.9)
1996 ......| 99.1(0.4)| 80.7(0.9)| 26.7(1.1)| 1.2(0.4)| 98.8(0.3)| 77.4(1.1)| 18.4(1.5)| 0.5(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.7(0.6)| 57.6(2.2)| 5.3 (0.8)
1999 ......| 99.0(0.2)| 82.5(1.2)| 29.4(1.4)| 1.6(0.4)| 99.0(0.4)| 78.4(1.2)| 21.0(1.4)| 0.6(0.3)| 100.0 (‡) | 97.2(0.4)| 58.5(1.9)| 7.1 (1.1)
2004 ......| 99.3(0.2)| 87.9(1.0)| 40.3(1.5)| --- (†) | 98.8(0.3)| 84.1(1.1)| 25.6(1.1)| --- (†) | --- (†) | 96.8(0.5)| 56.7(1.6)| 5.1 (0.6)
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White, | | | | | | | | | | | |
non-His-| | | | | | | | | | | |
panic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 ......| 98.3(0.2)| 76.3(1.0)| 22.9(0.9)| 0.9(0.2)| 97.6(0.3)| 72.9(0.9)| 21.4(0.7)| 1.2(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 95.6(0.3)| 57.6(1.1)| 8.5 (0.5)
1982 ......| 98.5(0.3)| 76.8(1.2)| 21.8(1.1)| 0.6(0.1)| 99.1(0.1)| 78.3(0.9)| 20.5(1.0)| 0.6(0.1)| 100.0 (‡) | 96.2(0.3)| 54.7(1.4)| 6.4 (0.5)
1986 ......| 98.8(0.2)| 79.6(1.3)| 24.6(1.0)| 0.8(0.3)| 99.3(0.3)| 78.9(1.7)| 18.6(1.2)| 0.4(0.1)| 100.0 (‡) | 98.0(0.4)| 59.1(1.7)| 7.9 (0.7)
1990 ......| 99.6(0.2)| 86.9(0.9)| 32.7(1.0)| 1.5(0.4)| 99.4(0.1)| 82.0(1.0)| 21.0(1.2)| 0.4(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 97.6(0.3)| 63.2(1.6)| 8.3 (0.7)
1992 ......| 99.6(0.1)| 86.9(0.7)| 32.4(1.0)| 1.4(0.3)| 99.6(0.2)| 84.9(1.1)| 22.8(1.3)| 0.4(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 98.3(0.4)| 66.4(1.4)| 8.7 (0.9)
1994 ......| 99.6(0.2)| 87.0(0.8)| 35.3(1.3)| 1.5(0.4)| 99.3(0.2)| 85.5(0.9)| 25.6(1.6)| 0.7(0.3)| 100.0 (‡) | 98.4(0.4)| 67.0(1.4)| 9.4 (1.1)
1996 ......| 99.6(0.1)| 86.6(0.8)| 35.7(1.4)| 2.0(0.4)| 99.6(0.2)| 86.4(1.0)| 25.4(1.5)| 0.8(0.2)| 100.0 (‡) | 98.7(0.4)| 68.7(2.2)| 9.2 (1.0)
1999 ......| 99.6(0.1)| 88.6(0.8)| 37.1(1.4)| 2.2(0.4)| 99.4(0.3)| 86.7(0.9)| 29.0(1.3)| 1.2(0.3)| 100.0 (‡) | 98.7(0.4)| 69.9(2.0)| 10.4 (1.1)
2004 ......| 99.7(0.1)| 92.6(0.6)| 49.0(1.4)| --- (†) | 99.1(0.2)| 90.5(0.8)| 36.0(1.3)| --- (†) | --- (†) | 98.4(0.4)| 69.0(1.3)| 8.5 (0.8)
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Black, | | | | | | | | | | | |
non-His-| | | | | | | | | | | |
panic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 ......| 88.4(1.0)| 42.0(1.4)| 4.1(0.6)| # (†) | 79.7(1.5)| 28.7(2.1)| 2.3(0.5)| # (†) | 98.8(0.3)| 70.7(1.7)| 16.8(1.6)| # (†)
1982 ......| 90.2(1.0)| 46.1(2.4)| 4.4(0.8)| # (†) | 90.2(1.6)| 37.9(2.5)| 2.9(1.0)| # (†) | 99.7(0.2)| 76.4(1.5)| 17.1(1.5)| # (†)
1986 ......| 93.9(1.4)| 53.4(2.5)| 5.6(0.9)| # (†) | 95.4(0.9)| 49.0(3.7)| 4.0(1.4)| # (†) | 100.0 (‡) | 85.6(2.5)| 20.8(2.8)| # (†)
1990 ......| 96.9(0.9)| 60.0(2.8)| 9.4(1.7)| # (†) | 95.4(1.1)| 48.7(3.6)| 3.9(1.6)| # (†) | 99.9 (‡) | 92.4(2.2)| 32.8(4.5)| 2.0 (1.0)
1992 ......| 96.6(1.1)| 59.8(2.8)| 9.6(1.4)| # (†) | 95.0(1.4)| 51.0(2.7)| 4.0(0.7)| # (†) | 100.0 (‡) | 89.6(2.5)| 29.8(3.9)| 0.9 (‡)
1994 ......| 97.4(1.0)| 65.9(2.6)| 11.1(1.7)| # (†) | 95.6(1.6)| 51.0(3.9)| 6.4(2.4)| # (†) | 100.0 (‡) | 90.6(1.8)| 29.8(3.4)| # (†)
1996 ......| 97.3(0.8)| 65.3(2.4)| 10.0(1.2)| # (†) | 96.2(1.3)| 53.7(2.6)| 4.8(1.1)| # (†) | 100.0 (‡) | 90.6(1.3)| 31.2(2.5)| 0.9 (‡)
1999 ......| 96.4(0.6)| 63.3(2.1)| 12.3(1.5)| # (†) | 96.5(1.1)| 50.8(4.0)| 4.4(1.4)| # (†) | 99.9 (‡) | 88.6(2.0)| 26.6(2.7)| 1.0 (‡)
2004 ......| 97.6(0.7)| 77.0(2.4)| 23.6(2.0)| --- (†) | 97.2(0.6)| 67.2(2.2)| 9.0(1.1)| --- (†) | --- (†) | 91.7(1.9)| 26.0(2.6)| 0.9 (0.5)
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Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 ......| 93.0(1.2)| 54.2(2.8)| 9.2(2.5)| # (†) | 86.4(0.9)| 36.0(2.9)| 4.0(1.0)| # (†) | 99.3(0.4)| 78.3(2.3)| 23.4(2.7)| 1.4 (0.6)
1982 ......| 94.3(1.2)| 55.7(2.3)| 7.8(1.7)| # (†) | 95.9(0.9)| 52.2(2.5)| 6.3(1.0)| # (†) | 99.8 (‡) | 81.4(1.9)| 21.6(2.2)| 0.7 (0.4)
1986 ......| 96.4(1.3)| 57.6(2.9)| 7.3(2.8)| # (†) | 96.9(1.4)| 56.0(5.0)| 5.5(1.1)| # (†) | 99.4 (‡) | 89.3(2.5)| 26.5(4.5)| 1.1 (‡)
1990 ......| 98.0(0.8)| 68.4(3.0)| 11.3(3.5)| # (†) | 96.8(1.1)| 56.7(3.3)| 6.4(1.7)| # (†) | 99.6 (‡) | 85.8(4.2)| 30.1(3.1)| 1.9 (0.8)
1992 ......| 97.2(1.3)| 65.0(2.9)| 11.7(2.5)| # (†) | 98.1(0.7)| 63.3(2.7)| 7.0(1.2)| # (†) | 100.0 (‡) | 94.1(2.2)| 39.2(4.9)| 1.2 (‡)
1994 ......| 97.2(1.2)| 63.5(3.1)| 9.7(1.8)| # (†) | 97.1(1.3)| 59.2(2.2)| 6.4(1.8)| # (†) | 100.0 (‡) | 91.8(3.6)| 38.3(5.5)| 1.4 (‡)
1996 ......| 98.1(0.7)| 67.1(2.1)| 13.8(2.3)| # (†) | 96.2(0.8)| 58.3(2.3)| 6.7(1.2)| # (†) | 99.9 (‡) | 92.2(2.2)| 40.1(3.5)| 1.8 (‡)
1999 ......| 98.1(0.7)| 67.5(2.5)| 10.5(1.6)| # (†) | 97.2(0.6)| 62.9(2.5)| 8.2(1.4)| # (†) | 99.9 (‡) | 93.6(2.2)| 37.7(4.1)| 3.1 (1.1)
2004 ......| 99.6(0.2)| 82.6(2.4)| 26.9(2.7)| --- (†) | 97.3(0.8)| 68.4(3.3)| 14.3(1.8)| --- (†) | --- (†) | 92.1(2.1)| 32.3(2.1)| 1.3 (0.5)
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---Not available. †Not applicable. #Rounds to zero. ‡Reporting standards not met. \1\Virtually no students were able to perform multistep problems and algebra. \2\Virtually all students knew simple arithmetic facts. \3\Scale score of 150 or above. \4\Scale score of 200 or above. \5\Scale score of 250 or above. \6\Scale score of 300 or above. \7\Scale score of 350 or above. NOTE: Excludes persons not enrolled in school and those who were unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Includes public and private schools. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1999 NAEP Trends in Academic Progress; and unpublished tabulations, NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/), retrieved July 2005. (This table was prepared February 2006.)
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