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Download this table in PDF format (22 kb PDF file). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table 129.Percent of students at or above selected science proficiency levels, by sex, race/ethnicity, control of school, and age: 1977 to 1999 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 |scienti- | simple | general |scientific| specia- | simple | general |scientific | specia- con- | science |scientific|scientific|fic pro- |scientific|scientific|procedures| lized |scientific |scientific|procedures | lized trol, | facts\3\ | princi- | infor- |cedures | princi- | infor- | and |scientif-| princi- | infor- | and |scientific and | | ples\4\ | mation\5\| and | ples\4\ | mation\5\| data\6\ |ic infor-| ples\4\ | mation\5\| data\6\ | infor- year | | | | data\6\ | | | |mation\7\| | | |mation\7\ ________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|___________|__________|___________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|___________|__________|___________|__________ Total | | | | | | | | | | | | 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) | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ...|97.0 (0.5)|78.0 (1.3)|33.0 (1.3)|4.0 (0.6)|93.0 (0.6)|61.0 (1.2)|13.0 (1.2)|0.0 --- | 98.0 (0.5)|86.0 (1.5)|53.0 (1.6)|13.0 (1.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | 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)|29.0 (1.3)|2.0 (0.4)|92.0 (0.6)|55.0 (1.7)| 9.0 (0.8)|0.0 --- | 98.0 (0.5)|85.0 (1.4)|42.0 (1.7)| 7.0 (0.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ...|99.0 (0.2)|87.0 (0.7)|39.0 (1.3)|4.0 (0.5)|97.0 (0.3)|69.0 (1.0)|14.0 (1.0)|0.0 --- | 99.0 (0.2)|93.0 (0.8)|57.0 (2.0)|12.0 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 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 --- |0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 93.0 (1.2)|59.8 (3.2)|17.7 (2.7)| 0.8 (0.5) 1999 ...|89.0 (1.6)|49.0 (2.6)| 9.0 (1.6)|--- --- |79.0 (2.4)|25.0 (3.6)| 1.0 (0.4)|0.0 --- | 92.0 (1.7)|55.0 (3.4)|12.0 (2.2)| 0.0 --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- |75.5 (3.3)|24.1 (5.1)| 2.4 (0.9)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 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)|0.0 --- | 94.1 (1.6)|67.6 (4.5)|23.9 (2.5)| 3.0 (1.4) 1999 ...|94.0 (1.8)|56.0 (2.5)|12.0 (1.6)|--- --- |78.0 (2.3)|25.0 (2.2)| 2.0 (0.6)|0.0 --- | 97.0 (2.0)|73.0 (4.2)|27.0 (4.5)| 5.0 (1.6) | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ...|97.0 (0.4)|76.0 (1.1)|30.0 (0.9)|3.0 (0.4)|92.0 (0.5)|56.0 (1.3)|10.0 (0.9)|0.0 --- | 98.0 (0.3)|84.0 (1.1)|46.0 (1.5)| 9.0 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 ...|99.0 (0.5)|86.0 (3.0)|38.0 (4.2)|5.0 (1.2)|98.0 (1.2)|74.0 (2.8)|17.0 (2.5)|0.0 --- |100.0 --- |95.0 (3.2)|62.0 (4.2)|14.0 (2.9) ________|__________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|___________|__________|___________|__________ ---Not Available. \1\Virtually no students were able to integrate specialized scientific information. \2\Virtually all students knew everyday science 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. 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