Table 125. | Average proficiency in science for 8th graders in public schools, by selected characteristics and state: 1996 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Race/ethnicity | Sex | Parental education\1\ | |_________________________________________|___________|_______________________________ State |Average|White|Black |His- |Asian | Ameri- | | |Did not|Gradu-|Some edu- |Grad- | | | |panic| | can |Male|Female|finish | ated | cation |uated | | | | | | Indian | | | high | high |after high|col- | | | | | | | | |school |school| school |lege ______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____ United States ......| 148 | 159 | 120 | 127 | 150 | 148 |149 | 148 | 131 | 140 | 155 | 157 | | | | | | | | | | | | State | | | | | | | | | | | | Alabama ..............| 139 | 151 | 117 | 107 | (\2\)| (\2\)|138 | 139 | 130 | 129 | 145 | 147 Alaska\3\ ............| 153 | 162 | (\2\)| 137 | 152 | 129 |155 | 150 | (\2\)| 141 | 155 | 163 Arizona .............| 145 | 157 | 124 | 129 | (\2\)| 121 |147 | 143 | 121 | 136 | 151 | 158 Arkansas\3\ ..........| 144 | 154 | 116 | 122 | (\2\)| (\2\)|147 | 142 | 129 | 136 | 150 | 154 California ...........| 138 | 156 | 121 | 121 | 148 | (\2\)|140 | 136 | 118 | 129 | 144 | 153 | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 155 | 162 | 142 | 135 | 155 | 142 |156 | 153 | 133 | 142 | 157 | 163 Connecticut ..........| 155 | 165 | 121 | 122 | 163 | (\2\)|156 | 155 | 129 | 140 | 155 | 167 Delaware ............ | 142 | 152 | 122 | 116 | (\2\)| (\2\)|143 | 140 | 121 | 135 | 146 | 151 District of Columbia .| 113 |(\2\)| 112 | 98 | (\2\)| (\2\)|113 | 113 | 106 | 107 | 120 | 121 Florida ..............| 142 | 155 | 119 | 129 | (\2\)| (\2\)|144 | 140 | 127 | 132 | 148 | 150 | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 142 | 155 | 122 | 128 | (\2\)| (\2\)|144 | 139 | 127 | 129 | 145 | 153 Hawaii ...............| 135 | 146 | 128 | 121 | 138 | (\2\)|135 | 135 | 119 | 120 | 139 | 147 Indiana ..............| 153 | 158 | 125 | 139 | (\2\)| (\2\)|154 | 152 | 139 | 144 | 156 | 162 Iowa\3\ ..............| 158 | 160 | 131 | 140 | (\2\)| (\2\)|159 | 157 | 141 | 150 | 160 | 165 Kentucky .............| 147 | 151 | 127 | 113 | (\2\)| (\2\)|148 | 147 | 130 | 143 | 151 | 158 | | | | | | | | | | | | Louisiana ............| 132 | 148 | 113 | 104 | (\2\)| (\2\)|136 | 129 | 123 | 128 | 141 | 136 Maine ................| 163 | 164 | (\2\)| 141 | (\2\)| (\2\)|165 | 161 | 141 | 153 | 164 | 171 Maryland\3\ ..........| 145 | 160 | 124 | 121 | 161 | (\2\)|146 | 145 | 126 | 136 | 147 | 153 Massachusetts ........| 157 | 163 | 126 | 126 | 152 | (\2\)|159 | 154 | 134 | 145 | 156 | 166 Michigan\3\ ..........| 153 | 161 | 122 | 134 | (\2\)| (\2\)|156 | 150 | 137 | 144 | 156 | 161 | | | | | | | | | | | | Minnesota ............| 159 | 162 | 130 | 134 | 152 | (\2\)|161 | 157 | 137 | 151 | 161 | 165 Mississippi ..........| 133 | 149 | 119 | 105 | (\2\)| (\2\)|134 | 132 | 125 | 126 | 142 | 138 Missouri .............| 151 | 158 | 120 | 130 | (\2\)| (\2\)|152 | 150 | 136 | 144 | 156 | 159 Montana\3\ ..........| 162 | 166 | (\2\)| 147 | (\2\)| 139 |164 | 160 | 139 | 155 | 164 | 168 Nebraska ............ | 157 | 161 | 130 | 134 | (\2\)| (\2\)|160 | 155 | 133 | 148 | 161 | 165 | | | | | | | | | | | | New Mexico ...........| 141 | 159 | (\2\)| 130 | (\2\)| 126 |143 | 139 | 119 | 131 | 147 | 154 New York\3\ ..........| 146 | 161 | 120 | 116 | 155 | (\2\)|148 | 143 | 123 | 138 | 147 | 157 North Carolina .......| 147 | 157 | 126 | 123 | (\2\)| 136 |149 | 145 | 126 | 134 | 150 | 158 North Dakota .........| 162 | 164 | (\2\)| 137 | (\2\)| 137 |163 | 161 | 148 | 157 | 160 | 167 Oregon ...............| 155 | 158 | (\2\)| 133 | 157 | 142 |157 | 153 | 137 | 143 | 157 | 164 | | | | | | | | | | | | Rhode Island .........| 149 | 155 | 130 | 118 | 142 | (\2\)|150 | 148 | 123 | 141 | 154 | 160 South Carolina\3\ ....| 139 | 153 | 122 | 122 | (\2\)| (\2\)|141 | 136 | 125 | 127 | 145 | 148 Tennessee ............| 143 | 151 | 117 | 104 | (\2\)| (\2\)|144 | 142 | 127 | 135 | 149 | 154 Texas ................| 145 | 161 | 127 | 129 | 157 | (\2\)|147 | 143 | 128 | 137 | 152 | 157 Utah .................| 156 | 159 | (\2\)| 133 | 143 | (\2\)|159 | 154 | 129 | 147 | 156 | 162 | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont\3\ ...........| 157 | 159 | (\2\)| 136 | (\2\)| (\2\)|158 | 156 | 132 | 146 | 157 | 167 Virginia .............| 149 | 158 | 126 | 132 | 165 | (\2\)|150 | 148 | 127 | 136 | 152 | 161 | | | | | | | | | | | | Washington ..........| 150 | 156 | 127 | 125 | 149 | 130 |152 | 147 | 128 | 141 | 154 | 158 West Virginia ........| 147 | 149 | 127 | 122 | (\2\)| (\2\)|148 | 147 | 130 | 142 | 152 | 156 Wisconsin\3\ .........| 160 | 165 | 115 | 141 | (\2\)| (\2\)|161 | 158 | 140 | 155 | 161 | 169 Wyoming ..............| 158 | 161 | (\2\)| 140 | (\2\)| 138 |159 | 156 | 139 | 150 | 159 | 165 | | | | | | | | | | | | Department of Defense | | | | | | | | | | | | Overseas Schools ..| 155 | 164 | 140 | 146 | 156 | (\2\)|157 | 154 | (\2\)| 144 | 159 | 158 Guam .................| 120 | 138 | (\2\)| 106 | 122 | (\2\)|120 | 120 | 106 | 113 | 130 | 128 ______________________|_______|_____|_________|_____|_________|_________|____|______|_______|______|__________|_____ |
\1\Parents' highest level of education. Data not shown for students who did not know parents' level of education.
\2\Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate. \3\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias. NOTE.--These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP scores have been evaluated at certain performance levels. A score of 300 implies an ability to find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. A score of 250 implies an ability to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. A score of 200 implies an ability to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. A score of 150 implies an ability to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, discrete reading tasks. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Excludes states not participating in the survey. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1996 Science Report Card for the Nation and the States, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared June 1997).
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