| Table 128. | Percent of students at or above selected science proficiency levels, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and control of school: Selected years, 1977 to 1999 |
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Sex, | 9-year-olds\1\ | 13-year-olds\2\ | 17-year-olds\2\
race/ |___________________________________________|___________________________________________|_____________________________________________
ethni- | Know |Understand| Apply | Analyze |Understand| Apply | Analyze |Integrate | Understand| Apply | Analyze | Integrate
city, | everyday | simple | general |scientific| simple | general |scientific| specia- | simple | general |scientific | specia-
con- | science |scientific|scientific|procedures|scientific|scientific|procedures| lized | scientific|scientific|procedures | lized
trol, | facts | princi- | infor- | and | princi- | infor- | and |scientific| princi- | infor- | and |scientific
and | | ples | mation | data\6\ | ples | mation | data\6\ | infor- | ples | mation | data\6\ | infor-
year | | | | | | | | mation | | | | mation\7\
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________
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1977 .....|93.5 (0.6)|68.0 (1.1)|25.7 (0.7)| 3.2 (0.3)|86.0 (0.7)|48.8 (1.1)|11.1 (0.5)| 0.7 (0.1)| 97.1 (0.2)|81.6 (0.7)|41.7 (0.9)| 8.5 (0.4)
1982 .....|95.2 (0.7)|70.7 (1.9)|24.3 (1.8)| 2.3 (0.7)|89.8 (0.8)|50.9 (1.6)| 9.6 (0.7)| 0.4 (0.1)| 95.7 (0.5)|76.6 (1.0)|37.3 (0.9)| 7.1 (0.4)
1986 .....|96.2 (0.3)|72.0 (1.1)|27.5 (1.4)| 3.0 (0.5)|91.6 (1.0)|52.5 (1.6)| 9.1 (0.9)| 0.2 (0.1)| 97.1 (0.5)|80.7 (1.3)|41.3 (1.4)| 7.9 (0.7)
1990 .....|97.0 (0.3)|76.4 (0.9)|31.1 (0.8)| 3.1 (0.3)|92.3 (0.7)|56.5 (1.0)|11.2 (0.6)| 0.4 (0.1)| 96.7 (0.3)|81.2 (0.9)|43.3 (1.3)| 9.2 (0.5)
1992 .....|97.4 (0.3)|78.0 (1.2)|32.8 (1.0)| 3.4 (0.3)|93.1 (0.5)|61.3 (1.1)|12.0 (0.8)| 0.2 (0.1)| 97.8 (0.5)|83.3 (1.2)|46.6 (1.5)|10.1 (0.7)
1994 .....|97.2 (0.4)|77.4 (1.0)|33.7 (1.2)| 3.8 (0.4)|92.4 (0.6)|59.5 (1.1)|11.8 (0.9)| 0.2 (0.1)| 97.1 (0.7)|83.1 (1.2)|47.5 (1.3)|10.0 (0.8)
1996 .....|96.8 (0.4)|76.1 (1.2)|32.2 (1.3)| 4.4 (0.4)|92.0 (0.8)|57.6 (1.1)|12.3 (0.7)| 0.4 (0.2)| 97.8 (0.3)|83.8 (0.9)|48.4 (1.3)|10.8 (1.0)
1999 .....|97.0 (0.3)|77.4 (0.8)|31.4 (1.0)| 3.0 (0.4)|92.7 (0.4)|57.9 (1.0)|10.9 (0.7)| 0.2 (0.1)| 98.0 (0.3)|85.0 (1.1)|47.4 (1.4)| 9.7 (0.7)
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Male | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|94.3 (0.5)|69.5 (1.2)|27.4 (0.9)| 3.7 (0.3)|87.2 (0.8)|52.3 (1.3)|13.1 (0.6)| 0.9 (0.2)| 97.8 (0.2)|85.2 (0.7)|48.8 (1.1)|11.8 (0.6)
1982 .....|95.0 (1.0)|69.7 (2.0)|25.6 (2.6)| 2.5 (1.0)|91.9 (0.8)|56.2 (1.8)|12.6 (1.1)| 0.5 (0.2)| 96.8 (0.5)|81.2 (1.2)|45.2 (1.2)|10.4 (0.8)
1986 .....|96.8 (0.5)|74.1 (1.4)|29.9 (2.0)| 3.8 (0.6)|92.9 (1.0)|57.3 (2.1)|11.9 (1.3)| 0.3 (0.2)| 97.4 (0.7)|82.4 (1.4)|48.8 (2.1)|11.4 (1.3)
1990 .....|96.8 (0.5)|76.3 (1.2)|33.1 (1.1)| 4.2 (0.6)|92.7 (0.8)|59.8 (1.3)|14.0 (0.9)| 0.6 (0.2)| 96.8 (0.5)|82.5 (1.2)|48.2 (1.6)|13.0 (0.8)
1992 .....|97.7 (0.3)|80.4 (1.4)|37.2 (1.7)| 4.6 (0.6)|93.1 (0.8)|62.9 (1.4)|14.2 (1.1)| 0.3 (0.1)| 98.0 (0.6)|85.0 (1.4)|50.9 (2.0)|13.6 (1.0)
1994 .....|97.1 (0.4)|77.6 (0.9)|35.3 (1.4)| 4.5 (0.7)|92.2 (0.8)|62.0 (1.3)|14.8 (1.1)| 0.3 (0.2)| 97.1 (0.6)|84.9 (1.3)|52.9 (1.8)|13.8 (1.2)
1996 .....|96.9 (0.5)|76.8 (1.8)|33.9 (1.9)| 5.2 (0.7)|93.2 (0.9)|61.7 (1.4)|15.5 (0.9)| 0.7 (0.2)| 97.5 (0.5)|83.8 (1.1)|53.1 (1.5)|14.2 (1.4)
1999 .....|97.1 (0.5)|77.8 (1.3)|33.4 (1.3)| 3.7 (0.6)|93.0 (0.6)|61.0 (1.2)|13.1 (1.2)| 0.2 (---)| 98.0 (0.5)|85.6 (1.5)|52.7 (1.6)|12.9 (1.2)
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Female | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|92.8 (0.7)|66.5 (1.1)|24.0 (0.9)| 2.6 (0.3)|84.7 (0.8)|45.4 (1.2)| 9.0 (0.5)| 0.4 (0.1)| 96.4 (0.3)|78.0 (1.0)|34.8 (1.0)| 5.3 (0.4)
1982 .....|95.5 (1.2)|71.8 (2.2)|23.0 (2.0)| 2.1 (0.6)|87.9 (1.0)|46.0 (1.6)| 6.9 (0.7)| 0.2 (0.1)| 94.6 (0.8)|72.2 (1.3)|29.9 (1.2)| 3.9 (0.4)
1986 .....|95.6 (0.6)|70.0 (1.3)|25.1 (1.4)| 2.2 (0.5)|90.3 (1.2)|47.7 (1.7)| 6.3 (1.1)| 0.1 (0.1)| 96.9 (0.5)|79.1 (1.7)|34.1 (1.5)| 4.5 (0.8)
1990 .....|97.1 (0.4)|76.4 (1.1)|29.1 (1.0)| 2.0 (0.3)|92.0 (0.8)|53.3 (1.4)| 8.5 (0.6)| 0.2 (---)| 96.6 (0.6)|79.9 (1.4)|38.7 (1.7)| 5.5 (0.5)
1992 .....|97.1 (0.5)|75.7 (1.2)|28.6 (1.1)| 2.2 (0.3)|93.1 (0.7)|59.6 (1.4)| 9.9 (0.8)| 0.2 (---)| 97.5 (0.7)|81.6 (1.4)|42.0 (1.7)| 6.6 (1.0)
1994 .....|97.3 (0.5)|77.2 (1.4)|32.2 (1.5)| 3.2 (0.4)|92.6 (0.6)|57.1 (1.4)| 8.8 (1.0)| 0.1 (---)| 97.2 (1.0)|81.6 (1.6)|42.4 (1.8)| 6.4 (0.6)
1996 .....|96.6 (0.6)|75.5 (1.0)|30.7 (1.9)| 3.6 (0.6)|90.9 (1.2)|53.8 (1.5)| 9.2 (0.8)| 0.2 (---)| 98.1 (0.4)|83.7 (1.1)|43.9 (1.7)| 7.4 (1.0)
1999 .....|97.0 (0.5)|77.0 (1.3)|29.5 (1.3)| 2.4 (0.4)|92.4 (0.6)|54.7 (1.7)| 8.8 (0.8)| 0.1 (---)| 98.0 (0.5)|84.5 (1.4)|42.5 (1.7)| 6.8 (0.8)
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White, | | | | | | | | | | | |
non-His- | | | | | | | | | | | |
panic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|97.7 (0.3)|76.8 (0.7)|30.8 (0.7)| 3.9 (0.3)|92.2 (0.5)|56.5 (0.9)|13.4 (0.5)| 0.8 (0.1)| 99.2 (0.1)|88.2 (0.4)|47.5 (0.7)|10.0 (0.4)
1982 .....|98.3 (0.4)|78.4 (2.0)|29.4 (2.1)| 2.9 (0.9)|94.4 (0.6)|58.3 (1.4)|11.5 (0.8)| 0.4 (0.1)| 98.6 (0.2)|84.9 (0.9)|43.9 (1.1)| 8.6 (0.6)
1986 .....|98.2 (0.3)|78.9 (1.0)|32.7 (1.5)| 3.8 (0.6)|96.1 (0.8)|61.0 (1.7)|11.3 (1.2)| 0.3 (0.1)| 98.8 (0.3)|87.8 (1.4)|48.7 (1.7)| 9.6 (0.9)
1990 .....|99.2 (0.2)|84.4 (0.7)|37.5 (1.1)| 3.9 (0.4)|96.9 (0.4)|66.5 (1.2)|14.2 (0.8)| 0.5 (0.1)| 99.0 (0.2)|89.6 (0.8)|51.2 (1.5)|11.4 (0.7)
1992 .....|99.2 (0.1)|85.5 (0.9)|39.4 (1.1)| 4.3 (0.4)|97.9 (0.4)|71.1 (1.3)|15.0 (1.0)| 0.3 (0.1)| 99.3 (0.3)|90.5 (1.0)|55.4 (1.7)|12.8 (0.9)
1994 .....|99.1 (0.3)|85.6 (1.0)|40.8 (1.5)| 4.9 (0.6)|97.6 (0.4)|70.5 (1.1)|14.8 (1.0)| 0.3 (0.1)| 99.3 (0.3)|91.5 (0.9)|57.5 (1.6)|13.2 (1.1)
1996 .....|98.6 (0.3)|83.8 (1.2)|39.6 (1.5)| 5.9 (0.5)|97.0 (0.5)|68.5 (1.2)|15.9 (0.8)| 0.6 (0.2)| 99.3 (0.3)|91.2 (0.7)|58.5 (1.6)|13.8 (1.4)
1999 .....|99.3 (0.2)|86.7 (0.7)|39.2 (1.3)| 4.1 (0.5)|97.5 (0.3)|69.4 (1.0)|14.3 (1.0)| 0.2 (---)| 99.4 (0.2)|92.6 (0.8)|57.2 (2.0)|12.4 (0.7)
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Black, | | | | | | | | | | | |
non-His- | | | | | | | | | | | |
panic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|72.4 (1.8)|27.2 (1.5)| 3.5 (0.6)| 0.2 (---)|57.3 (2.4)|14.9 (1.7)| 1.2 (0.4)| # (---)| 83.6 (1.3)|40.5 (1.5)| 7.7 (1.0)| 0.4 (0.2)
1982 .....|82.1 (3.0)|38.9 (2.7)| 3.9 (1.3)| 0.1 (---)|68.6 (2.4)|17.1 (1.9)| 0.8 (0.3)| # (---)| 79.7 (1.9)|35.0 (2.1)| 6.5 (1.1)| 0.2 (0.2)
1986 .....|88.6 (1.4)|46.2 (2.3)| 8.3 (1.5)| 0.3 (---)|73.6 (3.0)|19.6 (2.8)| 1.1 (0.4)| # (---)| 90.9 (2.1)|52.2 (3.2)|12.5 (2.2)| 0.9 (0.6)
1990 .....|88.0 (1.3)|46.4 (3.1)| 8.5 (1.1)| 0.1 (---)|77.6 (3.6)|24.3 (3.3)| 1.5 (0.5)| 0.1 (---)| 88.3 (1.9)|51.4 (3.7)|15.7 (4.0)| 1.5 (0.8)
1992 .....|90.7 (1.8)|51.3 (3.5)| 9.2 (1.4)| 0.3 (---)|73.8 (2.8)|26.2 (2.8)| 1.8 (0.8)| # (---)| 92.1 (1.8)|55.7 (3.7)|14.1 (2.5)| 0.8(---)
1994 .....|91.0 (1.5)|51.6 (2.3)|11.1 (1.4)| 0.2 (---)|73.5 (3.2)|22.4 (4.3)| 2.2 (---)| # (---)| 91.1 (1.9)|58.1 (3.7)|15.4 (2.3)| 0.5 (0.3)
1996 .....|91.0 (1.6)|52.2 (3.4)|10.6 (2.0)| 0.3 (---)|75.9 (2.7)|25.5 (2.2)| 1.9 (0.9)| # (---)| 93.0 (1.2)|59.8 (3.2)|17.7 (2.7)| 0.8 (0.5)
1999 .....|88.9 (1.6)|49.2 (2.6)| 9.5 (1.6)| 0.3 (---)|79.1 (2.4)|24.9 (3.6)| 1.1 (0.4)| # (---)| 91.9 (1.7)|54.8 (3.4)|12.4 (2.2)| 0.4(---)
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Hispan- | | | | | | | | | | | |
ic | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|84.6 (1.8)|42.0 (3.1)| 8.8 (1.7)| 0.3 (---)|62.2 (2.4)|18.1 (1.8)| 1.8 (0.8)| # (---)| 93.1 (1.7)|61.5 (1.7)|18.5 (2.1)| 1.8 (0.6)
1982 .....|85.1 (3.1)|40.2 (6.1)| 4.2 (2.7)| # (---)|75.5 (3.3)|24.1 (5.1)| 2.4 (0.9)| # (---)| 86.9 (2.9)|48.0 (2.7)|11.1 (2.0)| 1.4 (0.9)
1986 .....|89.6 (2.4)|50.1 (3.7)|10.7 (2.4)| 0.2 (---)|76.7 (3.2)|24.9 (4.3)| 1.5 (0.7)| # (---)| 93.3 (2.4)|60.0 (7.2)|14.8 (2.9)| 1.1 (0.7)
1990 .....|93.6 (1.5)|56.3 (3.7)|11.6 (2.1)| 0.4 (---)|80.2 (2.9)|30.0 (2.8)| 3.3 (0.8)| 0.1 (---)| 91.9 (2.2)|59.9 (5.0)|21.1 (3.3)| 2.1(---)
1992 .....|92.4 (1.7)|55.5 (4.3)|11.7 (1.8)| 0.4 (---)|86.2 (2.6)|36.5 (2.9)| 3.3 (1.3)| # (---)| 94.6 (2.6)|68.3 (6.6)|23.0 (3.8)| 2.5 (1.2)
1994 .....|91.1 (2.3)|49.9 (3.1)|10.8 (2.5)| 0.7 (0.5)|81.2 (2.5)|31.6 (3.3)| 2.4 (0.9)| # (---)| 89.9 (3.3)|58.6 (7.4)|21.7 (4.1)| 1.5 (0.7)
1996 .....|92.6 (1.9)|57.8 (3.1)|13.1 (3.1)| 0.4 (---)|81.0 (2.8)|30.9 (3.3)| 3.2 (1.0)| # (---)| 94.1 (1.6)|67.6 (4.5)|23.9 (2.5)| 3.0 (1.4)
1999 .....|94.2 (1.8)|56.3 (2.5)|11.6 (1.6)| 0.3 (---)|78.3 (2.3)|24.7 (2.2)| 1.8 (0.6)| # (---)| 96.9 (2.0)|73.3 (4.2)|27.2 (4.5)| 4.7 (1.6)
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Public | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|93.0 (0.7)|66.4 (1.3)|24.5 (0.9)| 2.9 (0.3)|84.9 (0.8)|46.7 (1.2)|10.2 (0.5)| 0.6 (0.1)| 97.0 (0.2)|80.8 (0.7)|40.5 (0.8)| 8.1 (0.4)
1982 .....|94.9 (0.8)|69.5 (2.1)|23.9 (2.1)| 2.3 (0.7)|89.2 (0.9)|49.2 (1.8)| 8.9 (0.8)| 0.3 (0.1)| 95.4 (0.6)|75.8 (1.0)|36.6 (0.9)| 6.9 (0.4)
1986 .....|95.8 (0.4)|70.5 (1.3)|26.3 (1.5)| 2.8 (0.6)|91.3 (1.0)|51.9 (1.7)| 8.9 (0.9)| 0.2 (0.1)| 97.0 (0.5)|80.1 (1.4)|39.9 (1.5)| 7.2 (0.7)
1990 .....|96.7 (0.4)|75.5 (1.0)|30.3 (0.8)| 3.0 (0.4)|91.6 (0.8)|54.7 (1.2)|10.7 (0.7)| 0.4 (0.1)| 96.5 (0.4)|80.4 (0.9)|42.0 (1.3)| 8.7 (0.5)
1992 .....|97.1 (0.4)|76.7 (1.3)|31.5 (1.0)| 3.2 (0.3)|92.7 (0.5)|60.2 (1.2)|11.9 (0.9)| 0.3 (0.1)| 97.5 (0.5)|82.0 (1.2)|44.8 (1.5)| 9.6 (0.8)
1994 .....|96.9 (0.4)|76.1 (1.2)|32.5 (1.4)| 3.6 (0.5)|91.9 (0.6)|57.8 (1.2)|11.3 (0.9)| 0.2 (0.1)| 96.8 (0.7)|81.7 (1.3)|45.3 (1.1)| 9.4 (0.5)
1996 .....|96.7 (0.5)|75.3 (1.3)|30.9 (1.4)| 4.1 (0.3)|91.5 (0.8)|56.0 (1.3)|11.5 (0.8)| 0.4 (0.2)| 97.7 (0.4)|83.2 (1.0)|47.7 (1.3)|10.5 (1.0)
1999 .....|96.7 (0.4)|76.1 (1.1)|30.4 (0.9)| 2.8 (0.4)|92.0 (0.5)|55.7 (1.3)|10.1 (0.9)| 0.1 (---)| 97.8 (0.3)|83.8 (1.1)|45.7 (1.5)| 9.2 (0.7)
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Private | | | | | | | | | | | |
1977 .....|98.1 (0.6)|80.3 (1.7)|35.6 (1.9)| 5.1 (1.1)|95.7 (1.0)|68.8 (2.6)|19.6 (1.9)| 1.6 (0.3)| 99.5 (0.2)|92.9 (1.2)|58.9 (2.8)|14.8 (1.9)
1982 .....|98.9 (---)|82.6 (3.5)|28.2 (5.6)| 2.1 (1.2)|95.0 (1.5)|65.8 (4.1)|16.0 (2.4)| 0.8 (0.5)| 97.9 (0.7)|83.5 (2.8)|44.2 (2.6)| 8.5 (2.3)
1986 .....|98.2 (0.7)|79.7 (2.3)|33.8 (2.8)| 4.0 (0.7)|97.3 (1.8)|66.8 (8.2)|12.8 (3.6)| 0.3 (---)| 99.8 (---)|96.5 (2.2)|74.6 (10.9)|23.1 (7.7)
1990 .....|98.7 (---)|83.6 (2.4)|37.2 (3.0)| 3.9 (1.0)|98.4 (0.8)|72.0 (2.6)|16.2 (1.5)| 0.5 (---)| 99.5 (---)|90.6 (4.1)|59.8 (6.7)|15.8 (3.2)
1992 .....|99.2 (---)|86.2 (2.0)|40.6 (3.4)| 4.6 (1.3)|96.4 (1.1)|68.9 (3.1)|13.2 (2.0)| 0.1 (---)|100.0 (---)|95.5 (2.0)|63.1 (5.3)|14.1 (2.7)
1994 .....|99.3 (0.4)|87.1 (2.4)|42.7 (2.8)| 5.6 (1.0)|96.5 (1.4)|72.7 (3.2)|15.5 (2.6)| 0.1 (---)| 99.3 (0.4)|93.1 (2.3)|62.7 (5.2)|14.8 (4.0)
1996 .....|97.2 (1.2)|81.6 (3.2)|41.1 (3.7)| 6.5 (2.2)|96.0 (2.1)|70.6 (5.4)|18.2 (3.0)| 1.0 (---)| 99.0 (---)|90.1 (3.0)|56.3 (7.0)|13.0 (3.1)
1999 .....|99.2 (0.5)|86.2 (3.0)|38.2 (4.2)| 4.5 (1.2)|97.9 (1.2)|74.1 (2.8)|17.3 (2.5)| 0.3 (---)| 99.6 (---)|94.9 (3.2)|62.2 (4.2)|14.0 (2.9)
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