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2004 long-term trend mathematics, percentage of students by student group, age 9: Selected years, 1978–2004
Statistic Student group 1978 1982 1986 1990 1992 1994 1996 1999 2004
Modified
2004
Bridge
Percentage of students      Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Gender Male 50 (0.5) 49 (0.6) 50 (0.6) 49 (0.6) 49 (0.6) 49 (0.8) 50 (0.6) 49 (0.7) 50 (0.6) 49 (0.7)
Female 50 (0.5) 51 (0.6) 50 (0.6) 51 (0.6) 51 (0.6) 51 (0.8) 50 (0.6) 51 (0.7) 50 (0.6) 51 (0.7)
Race/ethnicity White 79 (1.4) * 79 (2.5) * 77 (1.1) * 74 (1.1) * 75 (0.9) * 75 (0.7) * 72 (1.1) * 70 (0.7) * 60 (1.9)
Black 14 (1.4) 14 (2.0) 15 (0.5) 16 (0.7) 16 (0.4) 15 (0.5) 16 (0.5) 18 (0.6) * 15 (1.4)
Hispanic 5 (0.7) * 5 (1.1) * 6 (1.1) * 5 (0.6) * 6 (0.8) * 6 (0.4) * 8 (1.0) * 8 (0.6) * 18 (1.3)
Other 1 (0.2) * 2 (0.6) * 2 (0.5) * 4 (1.0) * 3 (0.4) * 4 (0.4) * 5 (1.2) 4 (0.4) * 7 (0.9)
Modal grade Below modal grade 26 (0.9) * 31 (1.5) * 34 (1.7) 35 (1.4) 38 (1.2) 33 (1.3) 33 (1.9) 35 (1.0) 36 (1.3) 35 (1.4)
At modal grade 73 (0.9) * 69 (1.5) * 66 (1.7) 65 (1.4) 62 (1.2) 66 (1.3) 66 (1.9) 65 (1.0) 64 (1.2) 64 (1.4)
Above modal grade 1 (0.2) * 1 (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.0) # (0.0) # (0.1) # (0.1)
Region Northeast 23 (2.5) 21 (2.7) 21 (1.1) 23 (0.9) 21 (1.2) 22 (0.9) 22 (2.3) 22 (2.0) 20 (1.0) 20 (1.5)
Southeast 24 (2.1) 24 (2.7) 23 (4.7) 24 (0.9) 24 (1.3) 25 (1.5) 23 (2.6) 22 (2.2) 24 (1.2) 24 (1.8)
Central 31 (1.8) * 28 (3.8) 29 (4.0) 24 (0.6) 28 (0.8) * 26 (1.0) * 25 (0.9) 27 (1.6) * 22 (1.2) 22 (1.5)
West 23 (2.0) * 27 (2.0) * 28 (1.6) * 28 (0.8) * 27 (0.8) * 28 (1.0) * 30 (2.6) 29 (1.7) * 35 (1.2) 35 (1.5)
Type of location Central city 32 (2.0) 31 (1.9)
Urban fringe 40 (2.0) 43 (2.1)
Rural 28 (1.4) 26 (1.7)
Type of school Public 89 (1.8) 86 (2.2) 84 (2.7) 89 (2.1) 87 (1.6) 88 (1.8) 87 (1.5) 88 (1.7) 90 (0.7) 88 (1.0)
Between-group difference White-Black gap 66 (2.0) * 64 (3.2) * 62 (1.2) * 58 (1.3) * 59 (1.0) * 60 (0.9) * 56 (1.2) * 52 (0.9) * 43 (1.8) 45 (2.3)
White-Hispanic gap 74 (1.6) * 73 (2.7) * 70 (1.5) * 69 (1.2) * 70 (1.2) * 69 (0.9) * 64 (1.5) * 63 (0.9) * 41 (1.9) 41 (2.3)
Male-Female gap -1 (0.8) -1 (0.9) # (0.9) -1 (0.9) -3 (0.8) -2 (1.1) -1 (0.9) -2 (1.1) 1 (0.9) * -2 (1.0)
— Not available. Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate, or data are not available for this assessment year.
# The estimate rounds to zero.
* Significantly different from 2004 bridge assessment.
NOTE: Standard errors of the estimates appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1978–2004 Long-Term Trend Mathematics Assessments.

View other 2004 long-term trend summary data tables.


Last updated 05 July 2005 (FW)