Table 126. | Length of school year and selected statistics on mathematics education for students in public schools, by state or jurisdiction: 2000, 2002 and 2003 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Math | |High school|Percent of | Percent of 8th-grade students | units | Length of | exit exam | 8th-grade | reporting (2003) State or jurisdiction |required | school year | required | students |__________________________________ | for | (in days) | for | with 3 or | Spending |Positive | Watching |gradua- | |graduation | more hours|30 minutes |attitudes| 6 or more | tion |___________________| in 2002 | of math | or more | toward | hours of |in 2002 | 2000 | 2002 | |instruction| on math | math\2\ | television | | | | | each week | homework | |or videotapes | | | | | (2003) |each day\1\| | each day _______________________|_________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 _______________________|_________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|____________ United States .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | 88 (0.7)| 57 | 72 | 15 (0.2) |_________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|____________ Alabama ...............| 4| 175| 175| Yes | 77 (4.1)| 55 | 74 | 21 (1.1) Alaska ................| 2| 180| 180| No | 92 (2.1)| --- | --- | --- (---) Arizona ...............| 2|\3\ 175| 175| No | 86 (3.3)| 59 | 72 | 11 (0.7) Arkansas ..............| 3| 178| 178| No | 86 (3.6)| 57 | 75 | 18 (0.9) California ............| 2| 175| 180| Yes | 87 (3.4)| 70 | 67 | 14 (0.7) | | | | | | | | Colorado ..............| (\4\)| (\5\) | (\5\) | No | 91 (2.9)| 63 | 68 | 9 (0.7) Connecticut ...........| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 93 (2.3)| 56 | 73 | 15 (0.8) Delaware ..............| 3| (\5\) | (\5\) | No | 100(---) | 51 | 78 | 18 (0.8) District of Columbia ..| 3|\6\ 180| 183| No | 92 (0.5)| 56 | 76 | 34 (1.1) Florida ...............| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 79 (4.6)| 57 | 74 | 20 (1.1) | | | | | | | | Georgia ...............| 3|\6\ 180| 180| Yes | 83 (3.5)| 59 | 74 | 18 (0.9) Hawaii ................| 3| 184| 183| No | 93 (0.3)| 66 | 70 | 20 (0.8) Idaho .................|\7\ 4| 180| (\5\) | No | 90 (2.1)| 56 | 70 | 9 (0.6) Illinois ..............| 2|\8\ 180| 185| No | 83 (3.6)| 62 | 73 | 15 (0.8) Indiana................|\7\ 4| 180| 180| Yes | 87 (3.4)| 59 | 72 | 13 (0.9) | | | | | | | | Iowa ..................| (\4\)| 180| 180| No | 84 (3.6)| 56 | 75 | 10 (0.6) Kansas ................| 2| 186| 186| No | 83 (4.3)| 56 | 75 | 11 (0.6) Kentucky ..............| 3| 175| (\5\) | No | 90 (3.1)| 54 | 75 | 15 (0.8) Louisiana .............| 3| 175| 175| Yes | 92 (3.0)| 50 | 78 | 23 (1.0) Maine .................| 2| 175| 175| No | 91 (2.0)| 58 | 74 | 10 (0.7) | | | | | | | | Maryland ..............| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 83 (4.1)| 52 | 74 | 20 (0.9) Massachusetts .........| (\4\)| 180| 180| No | 91 (3.0)| 60 | 75 | 11 (0.6) Michigan ..............| (\4\)| 180| 185| No | 90 (3.1)| 52 | 74 | 16 (1.0) Minnesota .............| 3| (\9\) | (\5\) | Yes | 89 (2.7)| 53 | 74 | 8 (0.6) Mississippi ...........| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 82 (3.5)| 50 | 78 | 23 (1.1) | | | | | | | | Missouri ..............| 2| 174| 174| No | 91 (2.4)| 57 | 72 | 14 (0.7) Montana ...............| 2| 180| 180| No | 91 (1.3)| 58 | 75 | 9 (0.6) Nebraska ..............| (\4\)| (\5\) | (\5\) | No | 89 (1.4)| 59 | 74 | 10 (0.7) Nevada ................| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 91 (0.6)| 60 | 71 | 16 (0.7) New Hampshire .........| 2| 180| 180| Yes | 92 (1.8)| 57 | 70 | 10 (0.6) | | | | | | | | New Jersey ............| 3| 180 | 180| Yes | 84 (4.1)| 54 | 76 | 15 (0.7) New Mexico ............| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 84 (3.1)| 61 | 72 | 13 (0.9) New York ..............| 2|\6\ 180| 180| Yes | 91 (2.7)| 51 | 74 | 17 (0.8) North Carolina ........| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 81 (3.7)| 63 | 78 | 16 (0.6) North Dakota ..........| (\5\)| 173| 173| No | 89 (1.5)| 54 | 76 | 8 (0.6) | | | | | | | | Ohio ..................| 3| 182| 182| Yes | 91 (3.2)| 53 | 73 | 14 (0.7) Oklahoma ..............| 3| 180| 180| No | 84 (3.8)| 55 | 68 | 14 (0.8) Oregon ................| 2| (\5\) | (\5\) | No | 88 (3.1)| 58 | 67 | 11 (0.7) Pennsylvania ..........| --- | 180| 180| No | 93 (2.6)| 46 | 75 | 14 (0.9) Rhode Island ..........| 2| 180| 180| | 91 (0.4)| 55 | 68 | 14 (0.8) | | | | | | | | South Carolina ........| 4| 180| 180| Yes | 83 (4.0)| 55 | 77 | 19 (0.9) South Dakota ..........| 2| --- | (\5\) | No | 93 (1.0)| 60 | 76 | 8 (0.5) Tennessee .............| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 85 (3.3)| 53 | 73 | 18 (1.0) Texas .................| 3| 187| 180| Yes | 92 (2.8)| 57 | 73 | 16 (0.8) Utah ..................| 2| 180| 180| No | 95 (1.9)| 53 | 66 | 7 (0.5) | | | | | | | | Vermont ...............|\10\ 5| 175| 175| No | 78 (2.4)| 57 | 70 | 10 (0.7) Virginia ..............| 3| 180| 180| Yes | 92 (2.7)| 55 | 74 | 17 (1.0) Washington ............| 2|\8\ 180| 180| No | 89 (3.5)| 59 | 70 | 12 (0.7) West Virginia .........| 3| 180| 180| No | 91 (3.0)| 47 | 75 | 15 (1.0) Wisconsin .............| 2| 180| 180| No | 93 (2.6)| 52 | 73 | 12 (0.9) Wyoming ...............| 3| 175| 175| No | 97 (0.2)| 58 | 73 | 11 (0.6) |_________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|____________ Department of Defense | | | | | | | | dependents schools: | | | | | Domestic schools ...| 3| 183| 183| No | 68 (1.3)| 63 | 79 | 17 (1.3) Overseas schools ...| 3| 183| 183| No | 91 (0.5)| 72 | 74 | 11 (0.6) _______________________|_________|_________|_________|___________|___________|___________|_________|____________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Assessment, prepared by Educational Testing Service (columns 6 to 9); and Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2002 (columns 2 to 5). (This table was prepared August 2004.)
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