Diplomas Count - Issue 34, 2012 - 7

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math sCoRes Rise, But Gaps peRsist
From 1990 to 2011, math scores for latino students on the 8th grade national assessment of educational progress have been slightly higher than those of black students, but remain substantially lower than results for white 8th graders. While scores for all three of those groups continue to improve over time, racial and ethnic achievement gaps persist. in 2011, latinos scored 8 points higher than black students and 23 points lower than white students.
souRCe: national Center for education statistics, national assessment of educational progress (naep), 1990-2011 mathematics assessments note: From 1990 until 1996, language and special education accommodations were not permitted on the naep in mathematics.

naep scale scores

293 white

270

270 Latino 262 BLack

246 237
1990 1992 1996 2000 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

31 18

24 13
white Latino

advanCed plaCement paRtiCipation and peRFoRmanCe
5
BLack
high school students scoring a 3 or higher on advanced placement tests can earn college credit based on those results. in 2010, latino high school students were less likely to take advanced placement exams than their white peers and were about half as likely to score a 3 or higher on those exams. larger disparities in ap test-taking and performance are seen between black and white students.

white

Latino

BLack

ap tests taken peR 100 students

hiGh ap test sCoRes peR 100 students

souRCe: epe Research Center, 2012. analysis of data from the College Board’s advanced placement summary Reports, 2010, and the u.s. department of education’s Common Core of data, 2010.

pRoGRess on hiGh sChool CouRsetakinG
Results of the naep high school transcript study indicate that latino students were more likely to complete a midlevel or rigorous curriculum in 2009 than they were in 1990. despite these improvements, the transcript study shows that fewer black and latino students take courses the researchers described as midlevel or rigorous than their white classmates.

percent of students Completing above standard Curriculum

59 white 57 BLack 55 Latino

32 26 22
1990 2005 2009

souRCe: national Center for education statistics, high school transcript study, 1990, 2005, 2009 note: the naep transcript study classified curriculum rigor based on specific course-taking patterns. a “standard curriculum” is defined as four course credits in english and three credits each in social studies, mathematics, and science. a “midlevel curriculum” is a standard curriculum with geometry and algebra 1 or 2; at least two credits in biology, chemistry, and physics courses; and one credit in a foreign language. a “rigorous curriculum” is four credits in math (one of which must be precalculus or higher); one credit each in biology, chemistry, and physics; and three foreign-language credits.

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