Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics by Cohort

	2004–2005	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008
Gen Math in eighth grade (n)	2,414	1,867	988	612
(%)	64	50.79	25.48	15.65
Algebra in eighth grade (n)	1,216	1,501	2,438	2,773
(%)	32.24	40.83	62.87	70.9
Geometry in eighth grade (n)	142	308	452	526
(%)	3.76	8.38	11.66	13.45
ELL in eighth grade (n)	1,469	1,301	1,289	1,325
(%)	38.93	35.39	33.1	33.84
RFEP in eighth grade (n)	884	988	1,155	1,205
(%)	23.43	26.88	29.66	30.78
Eng only/FEP in eighth grade (n)	1,420	1,387	1,450	1,385
(%)	37.64	37.73	37.24	35.38
Hispanic (n)	1,939	1,852	2,075	2,111
(%)	51.39	50.38	53.29	53.92
Vietnamese (n)	834	867	921	963
(%)	22.1	23.59	23.65	24.6
White (n)	692	624	584	514
(%)	18.34	16.97	15	13.13
Other (n)	308	333	314	327
(%)	8.16	9.06	8.06	8.35
Sixth grade math score (mean)	−0.135	0.002	0.057	0.070
(SD)	(0.952)	(0.959)	(1.042)	(1.027)
Seventh grade ELA score (mean)	−0.146	−0.021	0.053	0.104
(SD)	(0.976)	(0.969)	(1.016)	(1.018)

Note: Sixth grade math and ELA scores are standardized across cohorts.