Percentages for age 17 long-term trend mathematics, by highest level of mathematics course taken, race/ethnicity, 4 categories and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1986, 1982, and 1978
Race/ethnicity (4 categories)YearJurisdictionGen math or pre-algAlgebraGeometryAlgebra 2CalculusOther
PercentageStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorPercentageStandard Error
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
¹ Original assessment format.
NOTE: Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.
White2012National2(0.2)5(0.3)12(0.7)54(1.2)26(1.4)1(0.2)
White 2008National3(0.5)6(0.4)15(0.7)52(1.1)22(0.9)1(0.2)
White 2004¹National4(0.5)8(0.7)15(1.1)52(1.3)19(1.4)1(0.3)
White 1999¹National6(0.7)10(0.8)15(0.8)53(1.3)15(1.2)2(0.4)
White 1996¹National7(0.7)11(1.2)15(1.2)53(1.6)13(1.4)1(0.2)
White 1994¹National9(1.1)14(0.9)14(1.0)48(1.9)14(1.5)1(0.2)
White 1992¹National12(1.0)13(0.8)16(1.0)47(1.7)10(1.0)2(0.4)
White 1990¹National14(0.9)15(0.6)15(0.8)46(1.4)8(0.9)2(0.3)
White 1986¹National16(0.9)17(0.9)17(1.2)42(1.3)7(0.8)1(0.2)
White 1982¹National20(1.4)15(0.6)15(0.8)41(1.6)5(0.5)3(0.2)
White 1978¹National18(1.1)17(0.6)17(0.7)39(1.3)6(0.4)3(0.2)
Black2012National2(0.5)8(1.5)18(1.2)58(1.8)13(1.4)1(0.3)
Black 2008National4(0.6)10(0.9)19(1.8)55(1.9)11(1.3)2(0.3)
Black 2004¹National7(1.3)7(1.3)19(2.4)58(2.7)8(2.0)1(0.5)
Black 1999¹National7(1.2)13(1.1)20(2.1)52(2.4)4(0.8)3(0.9)
Black 1996¹National9(1.5)18(2.0)16(1.4)45(3.6)8(1.3)3(0.9)
Black 1994¹National10(2.1)20(2.4)17(2.2)45(3.4)5(1.3)2(0.7)
Black 1992¹National15(2.7)19(2.6)18(2.3)38(3.8)7(1.9)3(1.0)
Black 1990¹National16(2.0)16(1.6)17(2.1)41(3.2)6(1.8)3(0.8)
Black 1986¹National28(2.5)18(1.8)15(2.3)32(1.8)3(0.8)4(1.2)
Black 1982¹National32(2.1)20(1.9)10(1.0)29(2.3)4(0.8)5(0.6)
Black 1978¹National31(1.3)19(1.2)11(0.8)28(2.1)4(0.6)5(0.5)
Hispanic2012National2(0.3)7(0.6)20(1.4)56(1.8)14(1.2)2(0.5)
Hispanic 2008National4(1.0)8(0.9)21(1.2)52(1.8)13(1.0)2(0.4)
Hispanic 2004¹National4(1.0)14(2.0)20(2.3)49(2.1)14(2.1)1(0.4)
Hispanic 1999¹National14(2.5)20(2.3)17(2.4)37(2.6)8(2.0)4(1.0)
Hispanic 1996¹National14(2.5)15(2.2)19(2.3)41(3.6)8(2.3)2(0.6)
Hispanic 1994¹National13(2.6)18(1.8)18(3.1)37(3.5)9(2.8)4(1.0)
Hispanic 1992¹National25(4.7)18(2.2)18(2.5)33(5.8)4(0.9)3(1.4)
Hispanic 1990¹National21(2.9)24(2.9)13(2.0)32(3.5)7(1.7)4(1.2)
Hispanic 1986¹National26(2.7)24(2.6)15(2.7)27(3.1)4(2.1)3(1.1)
Hispanic 1982¹National35(3.3)21(2.1)12(1.2)24(2.0)3(0.6)4(0.7)
Hispanic 1978¹National36(3.1)19(2.1)12(1.2)23(2.5)3(0.9)7(0.5)
Other2012National1(0.4)2(0.6)12(1.8)43(2.3)42(3.0)1(0.3)
Other 2008National2(0.8)4(0.8)12(1.5)49(2.2)32(2.4)1(0.4)
Other 2004¹National2(0.9)4(1.6)8(2.7)55(4.1)31(4.7)#(†)
Other 1999¹National3(1.8)2(1.4)13(3.4)55(6.2)25(5.5)1(0.7)
Other 1996¹National10(4.1)11(3.4)16(2.6)31(2.6)31(7.7)1(0.7)
Other 1994¹National11(6.5)9(2.5)10(3.9)49(7.6)20(3.9)1(0.1)
Other 1992¹National8(2.0)9(3.1)13(2.7)44(4.5)25(3.5)#(0.1)
Other 1990¹National13(5.5)12(3.7)9(2.1)47(5.5)18(5.2)2(1.3)
Other 1986¹National14(4.9)14(3.2)12(2.1)41(5.2)17(4.5)1(†)
Other 1982¹National16(3.7)15(3.8)12(1.4)42(3.4)12(4.1)3(0.5)
Other 1978¹National11(2.6)10(1.8)13(1.7)47(3.4)17(2.9)2(1.1)