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Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Public Schools

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American Math Achievement

White
  1990 1992 1996 2000
Grade 12 301* 306 311 308
Grade 8 270* 278* 282* 286
Grade 4 220* 228* 232 236


Black
  1990 1992 1996 2000
Grade 12 268 276 280 274
Grade 8 238* 238* 243 247
Grade 4 189* 193* 200 205

* Significantly different from 2000.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1990, 1992, 1996, and 2000 Mathematics Assessments.