| 2004 long-term trend mathematics, percentage at or above each performance level by student group, age 17: Selected years, 1978–2004 |
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| Statistic |
Student group |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1999 |
2004 Modified |
2004 Bridge |
| Percent at or above level 250 |
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Total |
92 |
(0.5) |
* |
93 |
(0.5) |
* |
96 |
(0.5) |
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96 |
(0.5) |
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97 |
(0.5) |
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97 |
(0.5) |
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97 |
(0.4) |
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97 |
(0.5) |
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96 |
(0.4) |
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97 |
(0.4) |
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| Gender |
Male |
93 |
(0.5) |
* |
94 |
(0.6) |
* |
96 |
(0.6) |
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96 |
(0.8) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
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96 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(0.5) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
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| Female |
91 |
(0.6) |
* |
92 |
(0.6) |
* |
95 |
(0.7) |
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96 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(0.8) |
|
96 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.4) |
|
96 |
(0.6) |
|
97 |
(0.5) |
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| Race/ethnicity |
White |
96 |
(0.3) |
* |
96 |
(0.3) |
* |
98 |
(0.4) |
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98 |
(0.3) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
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— |
— |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
| Black |
71 |
(1.7) |
* |
76 |
(1.5) |
* |
86 |
(2.5) |
|
92 |
(2.2) |
|
90 |
(2.5) |
|
91 |
(1.8) |
|
91 |
(1.3) |
|
89 |
(2.0) |
|
— |
— |
|
92 |
(1.9) |
|
| Hispanic |
78 |
(2.3) |
* |
81 |
(1.9) |
!* |
89 |
(2.5) |
|
86 |
(4.2) |
|
94 |
(2.2) |
|
92 |
(3.6) |
|
92 |
(2.2) |
|
94 |
(2.2) |
|
— |
— |
|
92 |
(2.1) |
|
| Other |
94 |
(2.6) |
|
97 |
(1.7) |
! |
92 |
(2.7) |
|
98 |
— |
|
96 |
(1.7) |
|
97 |
— |
|
97 |
(1.2) |
|
100 |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
99 |
— |
|
| Modal grade |
Below modal grade |
76 |
(1.3) |
* |
79 |
(1.9) |
* |
84 |
(2.3) |
|
88 |
(1.8) |
|
90 |
(1.7) |
|
89 |
(2.0) |
|
92 |
(1.3) |
|
92 |
(1.7) |
|
91 |
(1.0) |
|
91 |
(1.6) |
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| At modal grade |
95 |
(0.5) |
* |
95 |
(0.4) |
* |
98 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.3) |
|
98 |
(0.3) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.3) |
|
97 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.3) |
|
| Above modal grade |
96 |
(0.6) |
|
96 |
(0.8) |
|
98 |
(1.2) |
|
98 |
(0.9) |
|
99 |
(0.7) |
|
99 |
— |
|
97 |
(1.3) |
|
97 |
(1.4) |
|
97 |
(1.6) |
|
97 |
(1.6) |
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| Region |
Northeast |
94 |
(0.6) |
* |
95 |
(0.9) |
|
97 |
(0.9) |
|
94 |
(1.7) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.8) |
|
97 |
(1.0) |
|
98 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.9) |
|
97 |
(0.9) |
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| Southeast |
88 |
(1.3) |
* |
89 |
(1.7) |
* |
94 |
(1.0) |
|
96 |
(0.7) |
|
96 |
(1.7) |
|
96 |
(0.7) |
|
96 |
(0.7) |
|
95 |
(1.0) |
|
94 |
(0.9) |
* |
97 |
(0.5) |
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| Central |
95 |
(0.8) |
* |
95 |
(0.5) |
* |
97 |
(0.9) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
98 |
(0.7) |
|
97 |
(0.8) |
|
99 |
(0.6) |
|
96 |
(0.8) |
|
97 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
| West |
91 |
(1.1) |
* |
92 |
(1.0) |
* |
95 |
(1.1) |
|
95 |
(1.0) |
|
96 |
(1.2) |
|
96 |
(1.4) |
|
95 |
(0.9) |
|
98 |
(0.9) |
|
96 |
(0.6) |
|
95 |
(1.1) |
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| Type of location |
Central city |
— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
|
94 |
(0.9) |
|
95 |
(1.2) |
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| Urban fringe |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
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— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
97 |
(0.5) |
|
97 |
(0.7) |
|
| Rural |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
96 |
(0.7) |
|
98 |
(0.5) |
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| Parents' highest level of education |
Less than high school |
82 |
(1.1) |
* |
84 |
(1.4) |
|
88 |
(2.1) |
|
90 |
(2.5) |
|
90 |
(3.7) |
|
90 |
(3.9) |
|
88 |
(3.3) |
|
93 |
(2.1) |
|
90 |
(1.7) |
|
90 |
(2.8) |
|
| Graduated high school |
91 |
(0.6) |
* |
93 |
(0.6) |
|
94 |
(1.2) |
|
94 |
(1.2) |
|
95 |
(0.9) |
|
95 |
(1.1) |
|
95 |
(0.9) |
|
95 |
(1.8) |
|
93 |
(1.1) |
|
95 |
(0.9) |
|
| Some education after high school |
96 |
(0.5) |
* |
96 |
(0.7) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
99 |
(0.7) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.8) |
|
98 |
(0.8) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
98 |
(0.8) |
|
| Graduated college |
98 |
(0.3) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.5) |
|
98 |
(0.6) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
98 |
(0.4) |
|
99 |
(0.3) |
|
98 |
(0.3) |
|
99 |
(0.4) |
|
| Unknown |
77 |
(2.0) |
|
74 |
(3.1) |
|
88 |
(4.1) |
|
80 |
(4.1) |
|
91 |
(4.7) |
|
87 |
(5.1) |
|
90 |
(5.9) |
|
85 |
(4.9) |
|
84 |
(3.1) |
|
88 |
(6.0) |
|
| Type of school |
Public |
92 |
(0.5) |
* |
93 |
(0.6) |
* |
95 |
(0.5) |
|
96 |
(0.6) |
|
96 |
(0.6) |
|
96 |
(0.5) |
|
97 |
(0.5) |
|
96 |
(0.5) |
|
95 |
(0.4) |
|
97 |
(0.5) |
|
| Between-group difference |
White-Black gap |
25 |
(1.8) |
* |
20 |
(1.5) |
* |
12 |
(2.6) |
|
5 |
(2.2) |
|
9 |
(2.6) |
|
8 |
(1.8) |
|
8 |
(1.4) |
|
10 |
(2.0) |
|
8 |
(1.7) |
|
7 |
(2.0) |
|
| White-Hispanic gap |
17 |
(2.3) |
* |
15 |
(1.9) |
* |
9 |
(2.5) |
|
12 |
(4.2) |
|
4 |
(2.2) |
|
7 |
(3.6) |
|
6 |
(2.3) |
|
5 |
(2.2) |
|
5 |
(1.1) |
|
6 |
(2.1) |
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| Male-Female gap |
2 |
(0.8) |
|
2 |
(0.8) |
|
1 |
(0.9) |
|
# |
(1.1) |
|
1 |
(1.0) |
|
1 |
(0.9) |
|
# |
(0.9) |
|
-1 |
(0.9) |
|
# |
(0.7) |
|
# |
(0.8) |
|
| Percent at or above level 300 |
|
Total |
52 |
(1.1) |
* |
49 |
(1.3) |
* |
52 |
(1.4) |
* |
56 |
(1.4) |
|
59 |
(1.3) |
|
59 |
(1.4) |
|
60 |
(1.7) |
|
61 |
(1.6) |
|
58 |
(1.1) |
|
59 |
(1.3) |
|
| Gender |
Male |
55 |
(1.2) |
* |
52 |
(1.5) |
* |
55 |
(1.8) |
* |
58 |
(1.4) |
|
61 |
(1.8) |
|
60 |
(2.1) |
|
63 |
(1.8) |
|
63 |
(2.1) |
|
61 |
(1.3) |
|
61 |
(1.6) |
|
| Female |
48 |
(1.3) |
* |
45 |
(1.4) |
* |
49 |
(1.7) |
* |
55 |
(1.8) |
|
58 |
(1.6) |
|
57 |
(1.4) |
|
58 |
(2.2) |
|
58 |
(1.9) |
|
56 |
(1.2) |
|
57 |
(1.6) |
|
| Race/ethnicity |
White |
58 |
(1.1) |
* |
55 |
(1.4) |
* |
59 |
(1.7) |
* |
63 |
(1.6) |
* |
66 |
(1.4) |
|
67 |
(1.4) |
|
69 |
(2.2) |
|
70 |
(2.0) |
|
— |
— |
|
69 |
(1.3) |
|
| Black |
17 |
(1.6) |
* |
17 |
(1.5) |
* |
21 |
(2.8) |
|
33 |
(4.5) |
|
30 |
(3.9) |
|
30 |
(3.4) |
|
31 |
(2.5) |
|
27 |
(2.7) |
|
— |
— |
|
26 |
(2.6) |
|
| Hispanic |
23 |
(2.7) |
* |
22 |
(2.2) |
!* |
26 |
(4.5) |
|
30 |
(3.1) |
|
39 |
(4.9) |
|
38 |
(5.5) |
|
40 |
(3.5) |
|
38 |
(4.1) |
|
— |
— |
|
32 |
(2.1) |
|
| Other |
65 |
(4.9) |
|
62 |
(6.8) |
! |
55 |
(8.2) |
|
62 |
(7.0) |
|
70 |
(4.8) |
|
66 |
(6.6) |
|
64 |
(7.2) |
|
76 |
(6.3) |
|
— |
— |
|
73 |
(4.2) |
|
| Modal grade |
Below modal grade |
20 |
(1.1) |
* |
19 |
(1.5) |
* |
20 |
(2.2) |
* |
24 |
(2.1) |
* |
27 |
(2.6) |
|
28 |
(2.6) |
|
36 |
(2.2) |
|
36 |
(3.4) |
|
37 |
(1.9) |
|
35 |
(2.0) |
|
| At modal grade |
56 |
(1.2) |
* |
54 |
(1.3) |
* |
58 |
(1.5) |
* |
65 |
(1.4) |
|
69 |
(1.2) |
|
66 |
(1.4) |
|
68 |
(2.3) |
|
68 |
(1.4) |
|
65 |
(1.1) |
|
65 |
(1.4) |
|
| Above modal grade |
61 |
(1.6) |
|
58 |
(2.0) |
|
57 |
(4.4) |
|
63 |
(3.7) |
|
71 |
(3.8) |
|
72 |
(3.8) |
|
66 |
(4.3) |
|
65 |
(6.2) |
|
66 |
(3.6) |
|
68 |
(4.6) |
|
| Region |
Northeast |
59 |
(2.1) |
|
56 |
(2.5) |
* |
59 |
(2.9) |
|
56 |
(3.2) |
|
65 |
(2.8) |
|
67 |
(3.8) |
|
61 |
(4.7) |
|
66 |
(3.6) |
|
58 |
(2.5) |
|
63 |
(2.5) |
|
| Southeast |
42 |
(1.9) |
* |
42 |
(2.6) |
* |
45 |
(2.0) |
|
49 |
(2.8) |
|
52 |
(2.8) |
|
51 |
(2.5) |
|
53 |
(3.0) |
|
49 |
(2.0) |
|
52 |
(1.7) |
|
52 |
(2.3) |
|
| Central |
57 |
(2.3) |
* |
52 |
(2.3) |
* |
54 |
(2.6) |
* |
65 |
(3.3) |
|
69 |
(3.0) |
|
60 |
(3.2) |
|
70 |
(3.5) |
|
64 |
(3.0) |
|
65 |
(1.7) |
|
67 |
(1.7) |
|
| West |
45 |
(2.3) |
* |
43 |
(2.7) |
* |
48 |
(4.1) |
|
54 |
(2.6) |
|
53 |
(3.3) |
|
57 |
(2.6) |
|
57 |
(3.3) |
|
63 |
(3.1) |
|
58 |
(2.6) |
|
54 |
(3.1) |
|
| Type of location |
Central city |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
52 |
(2.3) |
|
50 |
(2.6) |
|
| Urban fringe |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
65 |
(1.8) |
|
65 |
(2.1) |
|
| Rural |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
55 |
(1.6) |
|
58 |
(1.9) |
|
| Parents' highest level of education |
Less than high school |
26 |
(1.4) |
|
24 |
(1.6) |
|
21 |
(2.9) |
|
30 |
(3.4) |
|
31 |
(4.2) |
|
27 |
(3.8) |
|
22 |
(3.0) |
|
34 |
(5.0) |
|
32 |
(2.0) |
|
31 |
(3.6) |
|
| Graduated high school |
43 |
(1.2) |
|
41 |
(1.2) |
|
40 |
(1.7) |
|
42 |
(1.7) |
|
47 |
(2.7) |
|
43 |
(2.7) |
|
47 |
(4.3) |
|
49 |
(2.8) |
|
43 |
(1.6) |
|
42 |
(2.1) |
|
| Some education after high school |
57 |
(1.4) |
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