National Mathematics Achievement-Level Results* by Race/Ethnicity for Grade 4: 1990-2000
Percentage of Students Within Each Achievement Level and At or Above Achievement Levels
How to Read This Figure
The italicized percentages to the right of the shaded bars represent the percentages of students at or above Basic and Proficient.
The percentages in the shaded bars represent the percentages of students within each achievement level.
Significantly different from 2000. Percentage is between 0.0 and 0.5.
NOTE: Percentages within each mathematics achievement level range may not add to 100, or to the exact percentages at or above achievement levels, due to rounding.
Special analyses raised concerns about the accuracy and precision of national grade 4 Asian/Pacific Islander results in 2000. As a result, they are omitted from this figure.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2000 Mathematics Assessments.
Major Findings
At grade 4, the percentage at or above Proficient increased between 1990 and 2000 for white, black, Hispanic, and American Indian students.
The percentage at or above Basic increased between 1990 and 2000 for white, black, and Hispanic fourth-graders.
See the national mathematics achievement level results by race/ethnicity for grade 8 and grade 12.
* NAEP reports assessment results in terms of student performance standards called "achievement levels," which are set by the National Assessment Governing Board. The three levels for each grade are Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. See more information about the mathematics achievement levels.
Significantly different from 2000.
Percentage is between 0.0 and 0.5.
