Elementary-Level Mathematics: Achievement Gap is Closing The percentage of Black and Hispanic students meeting all the standards improved significantly this year. The percent doing so has increased by over 30 percentage points since 1999.

Elementary-Level Mathematics:
Achievement Gap is Closing
The percentage of Black and Hispanic students meeting all the standards improved significantly this year. The percent doing so has increased by over 30 percentage points since 1999.

Chart Image: Percentage of Students Scoring at Levels 3 & 4

Percentage of Students Scoring at Levels 3 & 4
	Asian/Pacific Islander	Black	Hispanic	American Indian/Alaskan Native	White
1999	0.813	0.425	0.449	0.586	0.811
2000	0.805	0.389	0.425	0.544	0.802
2001	0.834	0.457	0.493	0.569	0.838
2002	0.831	0.451	0.493	0.551	0.807
2003	0.885	0.617	0.652	0.696	0.881
2004	0.895	0.632	0.665	0.721	0.888
2005	0.933	0.731	0.756	0.788	0.916

Percentage of Students Scoring at Levels 3 and 4

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