Improvement since Measuring Up 2000

Since Measuring Up 2000, 30 states have improved in the majority of measures in preparing students for education and training beyond high school. A substantially higher proportion of students in grades 9 to 12 are taking upper-level math and science. Also, more 11^th and 12^th graders are taking and scoring well on college entrance and Advanced Placement exams. Twenty states have made no progress or have declined in the majority of measures in this performance category.

30 States Have Improved in the Majority of Measures

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia

4 States Have Improved in All Measures

Maine, New York, Tennessee, and Virginia

Examples of Improvements from Measuring Up 2000 to Measuring Up 2002

8th grade students taking Algebra

Arkansas: 8% to 23%

California: 21% to 33%

Indiana: 8% to 11%

West Virginia: 19% to 24%

9^th to 12^th graders taking at least one upper-level math course

Alabama: 27% to 34%

Texas: 46% to 56%

West Virginia: 42% to 56%

9^th to 12^th graders taking at least one upper-level science course

Alabama: 19% to 23%

New York: 28% to 34%

Utah: 30% to 36%

West Virginia: 26% to 39%

8^th graders scoring at or above proficient on the national assessment of math

Alabama: 12% to 16%

Kentucky: 16% to 21%

Louisiana: 7% to 12%

North Carolina: 20% to 30%

Number of scores that are 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement subject test per 1,000 high school juniors and seniors

Arkansas: 33 to 50

Oklahoma: 42 to 69

South Dakota: 38 to 54

Wyoming: 19 to 40