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Long-Term Trend
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2004 long-term trend mathematics, percentage at or above each performance level by student group, age 13: Selected years, 1978–2004
Statistic Student group 1978 1982 1986 1990 1992 1994 1996 1999 2004 Modified 2004 Bridge
Percent at or above level 200      Total 95 (0.5) * 98 (0.4) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 98 (0.2) 99 (0.2)
Gender Male 94 (0.5) * 98 (0.6) 98 (0.3) 98 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 98 (0.4) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.3) 98 (0.3)
Female 95 (0.5) * 98 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 98 (0.2) 99 (0.3)
Race/ethnicity White 98 (0.3) * 99 (0.1) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.1) 100 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 100 (0.2) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2)
Black 80 (1.5) * 90 (1.6) * 95 (0.9) 95 (1.1) 95 (1.4) 96 (1.6) 96 (1.3) 97 (1.1) 97 (0.6)
Hispanic 86 (0.9) * 96 (0.9) ! 97 (1.4) 97 (1.1) 98 (0.7) 97 (1.3) 96 (0.8) 97 (0.6) 97 (0.8)
Other 97 (1.5) 99 (0.6) ! 100 98 (1.0) ! 99 99 99 99 99
Modal grade Below modal grade 86 (1.1) * 94 (1.0) * 96 (0.6) 96 (0.5) 97 (0.6) 97 (0.7) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 97 (0.5) 98 (0.4)
At modal grade 98 (0.3) * 99 (0.2) 100 (0.1) 100 (0.1) * 100 (0.1) 100 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2)
Above modal grade 99 ! 100 !  
Region Northeast 96 (0.9) * 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.6) 99 (0.7) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.5) 99 (0.7) 98 (0.6) 99 (0.3)
Southeast 90 (1.6) * 96 (1.0) 98 (0.6) ! 98 (0.6) 98 (0.7) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.7) 98 (0.5) 97 (0.4) 98 (0.5)
Central 97 (0.4) * 99 (0.5) 98 (1.0) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.9) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.5) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4)
West 94 (0.9) * 98 (0.9) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 99 (0.4) 98 (0.5) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.3) 98 (0.4)
Type of location Central city 97 (0.6) 98 (0.4)
Urban fringe 98 (0.3) 99 (0.2)
Rural 98 (0.3) 98 (0.4)
Parents' highest level of education Less than high school 89 (1.1) * 95 (1.2) 96 (1.6) 96 (1.3) 98 (0.9) 97 (1.6) 96 (1.4) 96 (2.2) 96 (0.7) 96 (1.4)
Graduated high school 96 (0.4) * 98 (0.4) 99 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.7) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.6)
Some education after high school 98 (0.6) * 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 100 100 (0.2) 99 (0.4) 99 99 (0.3) 98 (0.5) 99 (0.4)
Graduated college 99 (0.2) * 99 (0.4) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 100 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 100 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2)
Unknown 86 (1.3) * 94 (1.6) 95 (1.7) 94 (1.6) 95 (1.4) 95 (1.6) 98 (0.8) 97 (1.2) 96 (0.7) 97 (0.7)
Type of school Public 94 (0.5) * 98 (0.4) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.2) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 98 (0.2) 98 (0.2)
Between-group difference White-Black gap 18 (1.5) * 9 (1.6) * 4 (1.0) 4 (1.1) 5 (1.4) 4 (1.6) 3 (1.3) 3 (1.1) 4 (0.8) 2 (0.7)
White-Hispanic gap 11 (1.0) * 3 (1.0) 2 (1.5) 3 (1.1) 1 (0.7) 2 (1.3) 3 (0.8) 2 (0.7) 3 (0.7) 2 (0.8)
Male-Female gap -1 (0.7) # (0.6) # (0.4) -1 (0.4) # (0.5) # (0.5) # (0.4) # (0.5) -1 (0.4) -1 (0.4)
Percent at or above level 250      Total 65 (1.2) * 71 (1.2) * 73 (1.6) * 75 (1.0) * 78 (1.1) * 78 (1.1) * 79 (0.9) * 79 (1.0) * 81 (1.0) 83 (1.0)
Gender Male 64 (1.3) * 71 (1.4) * 74 (1.8) * 75 (1.8) * 78 (1.6) * 79 (1.5) * 80 (1.4) 79 (1.1) * 80 (1.1) 83 (1.2)
Female 66 (1.2) * 71 (1.3) * 73 (1.9) * 74 (1.3) * 78 (1.1) * 77 (1.0) * 77 (1.1) * 78 (1.2) * 82 (1.1) 84 (1.1)
Race/ethnicity White 73 (0.9) * 78 (0.9) * 79 (1.7) * 82 (1.0) * 85 (1.1) * 86 (0.9) * 86 (1.0) * 87 (0.9) * 91 (0.8)
Black 29 (2.1) * 38 (2.5) * 49 (3.7) * 49 (3.6) * 51 (2.7) * 51 (3.9) * 54 (2.6) * 51 (4.0) * 67 (2.2)
Hispanic 36 (2.9) * 52 (2.5) !* 56 (5.0) 57 (3.3) * 63 (2.7) 59 (2.2) * 58 (2.3) * 63 (2.5) 68 (3.3)
Other 69 (4.3) * 75 (5.9) ! 86 (4.7) 76 (5.0) ! 83 (3.2) 85 (3.0) 81 (3.5) 86 (2.8) 87 (3.9)
Modal grade Below modal grade 39 (1.6) * 46 (2.0) * 51 (2.1) * 54 (1.7) * 62 (2.1) * 63 (1.7) * 67 (1.9) * 69 (2.1) * 73 (1.4) 75 (1.6)
At modal grade 75 (1.1) * 81 (1.0) * 84 (1.3) * 87 (0.9) 88 (0.8) 87 (0.9) 85 (0.9) * 85 (0.8) * 86 (1.0) 89 (1.0)
Above modal grade 89 (5.1) ! 92 (4.7) !  
Region Northeast 73 (2.4) * 79 (1.5) * 81 (2.2) * 78 (2.3) * 78 (2.5) * 87 (1.4) 79 (3.1) 82 (2.6) 82 (2.4) 87 (1.6)
Southeast 54 (3.6) * 60 (2.0) * 69 (2.3) !* 70 (2.4) * 75 (2.7) 74 (3.1) 75 (2.1) * 72 (2.7) * 78 (2.1) 82 (2.1)
Central 70 (1.9) * 76 (2.4) * 71 (6.3) 78 (2.8) * 81 (1.8) 79 (3.4) 85 (1.9) 81 (2.4) 84 (1.6) 85 (2.1)
West 61 (2.4) * 69 (3.0) * 74 (2.2) * 73 (1.8) * 78 (2.0) 75 (1.8) * 76 (1.7) * 79 (1.3) 80 (1.5) 82 (1.8)
Type of location Central city 75 (2.0) 79 (2.2)
Urban fringe 84 (1.1) 87 (1.1)
Rural 83 (1.6) 83 (1.9)
Parents' highest level of education Less than high school 45 (1.7) * 51 (2.3) * 55 (3.9) * 56 (2.6) * 60 (2.3) 57 (4.4) 56 (4.4) 61 (5.1) 67 (3.2) 67 (4.1)
Graduated high school 65 (1.2)