A Narrowing Achievement Gap
Although the gap is still too large, the percentage of Black and Hispanic students meeting the standards increased especially this year across grades 3-8.

Multiple values by 100 to obtain percent values
	Asian/Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	American Indian/Alaskan Native	White	Total Public
2006	0.852	0.457	0.515	0.539	0.763	0.658
2007	0.89	0.546	0.605	0.618	0.82	0.727

Percentage of Students Scoring at Levels 3 and 4

A Narrowing Achievement GapAlthough the gap is still too large, the percentage of Black and Hispanic students meeting the standards increased especially this year across grades 3-8.