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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.