| Table 127. | Length of school year and selected statistics on mathematics education for students in public schools, by region and state: 1996 |
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| Math | |High school|Percent of | Percent of 8th-grade students re
| units | Length of | exit exam |8th-grade |_________________________________
Region and state | required| school year | required |students | | | Watching
| for | (in days) | for |with 4 or | Spending |Positive | 6 or more
| gradu- | | graduation|more hours |30 minutes |attitudes| hours of
| ation |________________| in 1998 |of math | or more | towards | tele-
| in 1998 |1992 | 1998 | |instruction | on math | math\2\ | vision
| | | | |each week | homework | | each day
| | | | | |each day\1\| |
______________________|____________|_____|__________|___________|____________|___________|_________|___________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
______________________|____________|_____|__________|___________|____________|___________|_________|___________
Total ............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 34 (3.5)| 59 | 81 | 14 (0.6)
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Region | | | | | | | |
Northeast ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | 25 (8.6)| 60 | 83 | 16 (1.7)
Southeast ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | 47 (4.7)| 58 | 82 | 18 (1.3)
Central ............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 25 (7.3)| 57 | 80 | 13 (1.2)
West ...............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 36 (6.6)| 59 | 78 | 11 (0.9)
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State | | | | | | | |
Alabama ..............| 4 | 175 | 175 | Yes | 46 (3.8)| 59 | 78 | 23 (1.3)
Alaska ...............| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\3\) | 34 (2.1)| 69 | 79 | 8 (0.8)
Arizona ..............|\4\ 2 | 175 |\4\ 175 | --- | 33 (3.7)| 61 | 81 | 10 (0.7)
Arkansas .............| 3 | 178 | 178 | No | 32 (4.1)| 58 | 80 | 18 (1.0)
California ...........| 2 | 180 | 175 | Yes | 38 (3.7)| 64 | 81 | 13 (0.9)
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Colorado .............| (\5\) |(\6\)| (\6\) |\7\ No | 26 (2.6)| 67 | 80 | 9 (0.7)
Connecticut ..........| 3 | 180 | 180 | No | 20 (3.2)| 60 | 80 | 13 (0.8)
Delaware .............| 2 | 180 | (\6\) |\8\ No | 23 (1.1)| 58 | 83 | 19 (0.9)
District of Columbia .|\9\ 3 | 180 |\9\ 180 | --- | 31 (1.1)| 67 | 82 | 35 (1.1)
Florida ..............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 38 (3.2)| 59 | 81 | 17 (1.2)
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Georgia ..............|\9\ 3 | 180 |\9\ 180 | Yes | 54 (3.6)| 62 | 81 | 21 (1.2)
Hawaii ...............| 3 | 180 | 184 | Yes | 17 (1.0)| 65 | 78 | 16 (1.1)
Idaho ................| 2 | 180 | 180 |\8\ No |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Illinois .............| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\10\) |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Indiana...............| 2 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 20 (3.9)| 61 | 81 | 13 (0.9)
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Iowa .................| (\5\) | 180 | 180 | (\8\) | 19 (3.8)| 57 | 83 | 9 (0.8)
Kansas ...............| 2 | 180 | 186 | (\8\) |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Kentucky .............| 3 | 175 | 175 | (\8\) | 41 (3.9)| 58 | 84 | 16 (0.8)
Louisiana ............| 3 | 180 | 175 | Yes | 44 (4.1)| 48 | 79 | 27 (1.0)
Maine ................| 2 | 175 | 175 | (\3\) | 17 (2.6)| 64 | 81 | 8 (0.8)
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Maryland .............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 44 (4.0)| 58 | 80 | 20 (1.2)
Massachusetts ........| (\5\) | 180 | 180 | Yes | 26 (3.1)| 63 | 81 | 9 (0.9)
Michigan .............| (\5\) | 180 | 180 | Yes | 40 (4.2)| 64 | 80 | 13 (1.1)
Minnesota ............| (\11\) | 175 | (\12\)| Yes | 23 (3.6)| 59 | 82 | 8 (0.9)
Mississippi ..........| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 49 (3.8)| 58 | 81 | 29 (1.3)
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Missouri .............| 2 | 174 | 174 | (\8\) | 34 (4.5)| 61 | 78 | 15 (0.9)
Montana ..............| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\8\) | 24 (3.0)| 61 | 82 | 6 (0.6)
Nebraska .............| (\5\) |(\5\)| (\6\) | (\7\) | 26 (3.1)| 62 | 84 | 9 (0.7)
Nevada ...............| 2 | 180 | 180 | Yes |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
New Hampshire ........| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\8\) |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
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New Jersey ...........|\9\ 3 | 180 |\9\ 180 | Yes |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
New Mexico ...........| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 28 (2.6)| 65 | 79 | 11 (0.8)
New York .............|\9\ 2 | 180 |\9\ 180 | Yes | 15 (2.2)| 58 | 79 | 14 (1.0)
North Carolina .......| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 49 (3.5)| 66 | 83 | 16 (0.7)
North Dakota .........| 2 | 180 | 173 | (\3\) | 29 (2.8)| 64 | 83 | 8 (0.6)
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Ohio .................| 2 | 182 | 182 | Yes |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Oklahoma .............| 2 | 175 | 180 | (\8\) |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Oregon ...............| 2 |(\6\)| (\6\) | (\3\) | 23 (3.9)| 59 | 76 | 11 (1.1)
Pennsylvania .........| (\4\) | 180 | 180 | (\3\) |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Rhode Island .........| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\8\) | 30 (0.8)| 58 | 78 | 11 (0.7)
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South Carolina .......|\9\ 3 | 180 |\9\ 180 | Yes | 43 (3.7)| 60 | 83 | 24 (1.2)
South Dakota .........| 2 | 175 | 175 | (\8\) |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
Tennessee ............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 51 (4.3)| 61 | 80 | 18 (0.9)
Texas ................| 3 | 175 | 187 | Yes | 34 (3.4)| 63 | 83 | 16 (1.0)
Utah .................| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\8\) | 21 (1.5)| 55 | 78 | 5 (0.5)
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Vermont ..............| (\5,9\) | 175 |\9\ 175 | --- | 21 (2.1)| 65 | 83 | 9 (0.7)
Virginia .............| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 34 (3.6)| 58 | 80 | 19 (1.2)
Washington ...........| 2 | 180 | 180 |\8\ No | 32 (3.0)| 58 | 77 | 9 (0.7)
West Virginia ........| 3 | 180 | 180 | Yes | 25 (3.1)| 55 | 80 | 16 (0.9)
Wisconsin ............| 2 | 180 | 180 | (\8\) | 32 (4.0)| 60 | 82 | 9 (0.9)
Wyoming ..............| 3 | 175 | 175 | (\8\) | 19 (1.1)| 58 | 80 | 9 (0.7)
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | |
Guam .................| --- | --- | (\8\) | (\10\) | 68 (1.5)| 67 | 80 | 17 (1.3)
Virgin Islands .......| 2 | 180 | 180 | --- |(\10\) --- | (\10\) | (\10\) |(\10\) ---
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---Not Available. NOTE: Data are for 1996 unless otherwise specified. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1996 Mathematics: Cross-State Data Compendium for the Grade 4 and Grade 8 Assessment, by Educational Testing Service, 1996, and Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on K-12 Education, December 1998. (This table was prepared May 1999.)
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