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Elementary and secondary education  
  • 8-1  Fourth grade mathematics performance
  • 8-2  Fourth grade mathematics proficiency
  • 8-3  Fourth grade science performance
  • 8-4  Fourth grade science proficiency
  • 8-5  Eighth grade mathematics performance
  • 8-6  Eighth grade mathematics proficiency
  • 8-7  Eighth grade science performance
  • 8-8  Eighth grade science proficiency
  • 8-9  Public school teacher salaries
  • 8-10  Elementary and secondary public school current expenditures as share of gross domestic product
  • 8-11  Current expenditures per pupil for elementary and secondary public schools
  • 8-12  Percentage of public high school students taking Advanced Placement Exams
  • 8-13  Percentage of public high school students scoring 3 or higher on at least one Advanced Placement Exam
  • 8-14  Percentage of public high school students scoring 3 or higher on Advanced Placement Calculus AB Exam
  • 8-15  High school graduates among individuals 25–44 years old
Higher education  
  • 8-16  Bachelor's degrees conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
  • 8-17  Bachelor's degrees in science and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
  • 8-18  Bachelor's degrees in natural sciences and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old
  • 8-19  Science and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred
  • 8-20  Natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred
  • 8-21  Science and engineering graduate students per 1,000 individuals 25–34 years old
  • 8-22  Advanced science and engineering degrees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred
  • 8-23  Advanced natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of NS&E degrees conferred
  • 8-24  Science and engineering doctoral degreees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred
  • 8-25  Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions
  • 8-26  Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions as a percentage of disposable personal income
  • 8-27  Appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education as a percentage of gross domestic product
  • 8-28  State expenditures on student aid per full-time undergraduate student
  • 8-29  State funding for major public research universities per enrolled student
  • 8-30  Postsecondary degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old
  • 8-31  Bachelor's degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old
Workforce  
  • 8-32  Bachelor's degree holders potentially in the workforce
  • 8-33  Individuals in science and engineering occupations as a percentage of the workforce
  • 8-34  Employed science and engineering doctorate holders as a percentage of the workforce
  • 8-35  Engineers as a percentage of the workforce
  • 8-36  Life and physical scientists as a percentage of the workforce
  • 8-37  Computer specialists as a percentage of the workforce
  • 8-38  Technical workers as a percentage of the workforce
Financial R&D inputs  
  • 8-39  R&D as a percentage of gross domestic product
  • 8-40  Federal R&D obligations per employed worker
  • 8-41  Federal R&D obligations per individual in science and engineering occupation
  • 8-42  State agency R&D expenditures per $1 million of gross domestic product
  • 8-43  State agency R&D expenditures per employed worker
  • 8-44  State agency R&D expenditures per individual in science and engineering occupation
  • 8-45  Business-performed R&D as a percentage of private-industry output
  • 8-46  Academic science and engineering R&D per $1,000 of gross domestic product
R&D outputs  
  • 8-47  Science and engineering doctorates conferred per 1,000 employed S&E doctorate holders
  • 8-48  Academic science and engineering article output per 1,000 S&E doctorate holders in academia
  • 8-49  Academic science and engineering article output per $1 million of academic S&E R&D
  • 8-50  Academic patents awarded per 1,000 science and engineering doctorate holders in academia
  • 8-51  Patents awarded per 1,000 individuals in science and engineering occupations
Science and technology in the economy  
  • 8-52  High-technology establishments as a percentage of all business establishments
  • 8-53  Net high-technology business formations as a percentage of all business establishments
  • 8-54  Employment in high-technology establishments as percentage of total employment
  • 8-55  Average annual federal small business innovation research funding per $1 million of gross domestic product
  • 8-56  Venture capital disbursed per $1,000 of gross domestic product
  • 8-57  Venture capital deals as a percentage of high-technology business establishments
  • 8-58  Venture capital disbursed per venture capital deal