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Average scale score and score gap in mathematics, by student group, age 13: 1973 and 2004
Student group 1973 1  2004 Bridge  
Total 266 (1.1) * 281 (1.0)  
Male 265 (1.3) * 283 (1.2)  
Female 267 (1.1) * 279 (1.0)  
White 274 (0.9) * 288 (0.9)  
Black 228 (1.9) * 262 (1.6)  
Hispanic 239 (2.2) * 265 (2.0)  
Male-Female gap -2 (1.7) * 3 (1.6)  
White-Black gap 46 (2.1) * 27 (1.8)  
White-Hispanic gap 35 (2.4) * 23 (2.2)  
* Significantly different from 2004 bridge assessment.
1 The results for 1973 were extrapolated using a mean proportion correct.
NOTE: Standard errors of the estimates appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),1973 and 2004 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.

View other 2004 long-term trend summary data tables.


Last updated 05 July 2005 (FW)