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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 9: Selected years, 1978–2004
Statistic Student group 1978 1982 1986 1990 1992 1994 1996 1999 2004 Modified 2004 Bridge
Percent at or above level 150      Total 97 (0.3) * 97 (0.3) * 98 (0.3) * 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) * 99 (0.1)
Gender Male 96 (0.5) * 97 (0.5) * 98 (0.5) * 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.3) * 99 (0.2)
Female 97 (0.3) * 98 (0.3) * 98 (0.4) * 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2)
Race/ethnicity White 98 (0.2) * 98 (0.3) * 99 (0.2) * 100 (0.2) 100 (0.1) 100 (0.2) 100 (0.1) 100 (0.1) 100 (0.1)
Black 88 (1.0) * 90 (1.0) * 94 (1.4) * 97 (0.9) 97 (1.1) 97 (1.0) 97 (0.8) 96 (0.6) 98 (0.7)
Hispanic 93 (1.2) * 94 (1.2) * 96 (1.3) 98 (0.8) 97 (1.3) 97 (1.2) 98 (0.7) 98 (0.7) 100 (0.2)
Other 98 99 (0.5) ! 97 ! 99 ! 100 98 (1.2) 99 ! 100 100 (0.1)
Modal grade Below modal grade 89 (0.8) * 91 (1.0) * 94 (0.8) * 98 (0.6) 97 (0.6) 97 (0.8) 98 (0.5) 97 (0.5) 97 (0.4) * 98 (0.4)
At modal grade 99 (0.2) * 100 (0.1) * 100 (0.1) 100 100 100 (0.1) 100 (0.1) 100 (0.1) 99 (0.2) 100 (0.1)
Above modal grade 100 ! 100 !  
Region Northeast 98 (0.4) * 98 (0.4) 98 (0.5) 99 (0.3) 100 (0.2) 99 100 (0.2) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.2)
Southeast 94 (0.6) * 95 (0.8) * 97 (0.7) ! 98 (0.7) 98 (0.7) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.4) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.4) 99 (0.4)
Central 98 (0.3) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.5) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.4) 99
West 96 (0.6) * 98 (0.6) * 98 (0.9) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.5) 98 (0.6) 99 (0.4) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 100 (0.2)
Type of location Central city 98 (0.4) 99 (0.3)
Urban fringe 99 (0.2) 100 (0.2)
Rural 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3)
Type of school Public 96 (0.3) * 97 (0.4) * 98 (0.3) * 99 (0.2) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.3) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.2) * 99 (0.2)
Between-group difference White-Black gap 10 (1.0) * 8 (1.0) * 5 (1.4) 3 (0.9) 3 (1.1) 2 (1.0) 2 (0.9) 3 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 2 (0.8)
White-Hispanic gap 5 (1.2) * 4 (1.2) * 2 (1.3) 2 (0.8) 2 (1.3) 2 (1.2) 2 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.5) # (0.3)
Male-Female gap -1 (0.6) -1 (0.6) # (0.6) # (0.4) # (0.4) # (0.4) # (0.4) # (0.3) -1 (0.4) # (0.3)
Percent at or above level 200      Total 70 (0.9) * 71 (1.2) * 74 (1.2) * 81 (1.0) * 81 (0.8) * 82 (0.7) * 82 (0.8) * 83 (0.8) * 87 (0.8) 89 (0.8)
Gender Male 69 (1.0) * 69 (1.3) * 74 (1.4) * 81 (1.0) * 82 (1.0) * 82 (0.9) * 82 (1.1) * 83 (0.9) * 86 (0.9) * 89 (0.9)
Female 72 (1.1) * 74 (1.3) * 74 (1.3) * 82 (1.3) * 81 (1.1) * 82 (0.9) * 81 (0.9) * 82 (1.2) * 88 (1.0) 88 (1.0)
Race/ethnicity White 76 (1.0) * 77 (1.2) * 80 (1.3) * 87 (0.9) * 87 (0.7) * 87 (0.8) * 87 (0.8) * 89 (0.8) * 93 (0.6)
Black 42 (1.4) * 46 (2.4) * 53 (2.5) * 60 (2.8) * 60 (2.8) * 66 (2.6) * 65 (2.4) * 63 (2.1) * 77 (2.4)
Hispanic 54 (2.8) * 56 (2.3) * 58 (2.9) * 68 (3.0) * 65 (2.9) * 64 (3.1) * 67 (2.1) * 68 (2.5) * 83 (2.4)
Other 80 (3.6) * 85 (3.4) !* 70 (8.0) ! 87 (5.4) ! 88 (3.1) * 80 (3.9) * 83 (3.4) !* 90 (2.2) * 95 (1.4)
Modal grade Below modal grade 40 (1.6) * 42 (2.3) * 48 (1.9) * 60 (1.9) * 61 (1.4) * 64 (1.6) * 65 (1.7) * 67 (1.4) * 75 (1.4) 77 (1.5)
At modal grade 82 (0.9) * 84 (0.9) * 88 (1.1) * 93 (0.9) 94 (0.5) 91 (0.8) * 90 (0.7) * 91 (0.9) * 94 (0.6) 95 (0.6)
Above modal grade 86 (6.6) ! 93 (3.4) !  
Region Northeast 79 (2.3) * 78 (2.1) * 78 (3.2) * 86 (2.2) * 85 (1.8) * 87 (1.9) * 85 (1.7) * 89 (1.2) 90 (1.5) 92 (1.2)
Southeast 60 (1.8) * 63 (2.3) * 71 (2.7) !* 75 (2.8) * 73 (2.0) * 81 (1.0) * 78 (1.7) * 79 (2.6) * 85 (1.5) 87 (1.8)
Central 76 (1.7) * 74 (2.7) * 78 (2.5) * 84 (1.3) * 85 (1.4) 85 (1.5) 84 (1.9) 83 (1.5) * 88 (2.1) 88 (1.5)
West 66 (1.7) * 72 (2.2) * 71 (2.9) * 81 (1.8) * 82 (2.1) * 76 (1.6) * 79 (1.4) * 80 (1.7) * 86 (1.4) 88 (1.6)
Type of location Central city 84 (1.7) 85 (1.8)
Urban fringe 89 (0.7) 91 (1.0)
Rural 87 (1.3) 89 (1.1)
Type of school Public 69 (0.9) * 69 (1.2) * 73 (1.4) * 80 (1.1) * 80 (0.9) * 81 (0.8) * 81 (0.8) * 81 (1.0) * 86 (0.9) 88 (0.9)
Between-group difference White-Black gap 34 (1.8) * 31 (2.6) * 26 (2.8) * 27 (2.9) * 27 (2.9) * 21 (2.7) 21 (2.5) 25 (2.2) * 18 (2.7) 16 (2.5)
White-Hispanic gap 22 (3.0) * 21 (2.6) * 22 (3.2) * 18 (3.1) * 22 (3.0) * 23 (3.2) * 20 (2.3) * 21 (2.6) * 11 (2.1) 10 (2.5)
Male-Female gap -3 (1.4) * -5 (1.8) * # (2.0) -2 (1.6) 1 (1.6) 1 (1.3) 2 (1.4) # (1.5) -2 (1.3) 1 (1.3)
Percent at or above level 250