Achievement Gap Narrows in Mathematics

Eighty-six percent of students passed mathematics assessments, compared with 84 percent last year.

• Black students increased their overall achievement by four points to 77 percent.
• Achievement of Hispanic students increased four points to 79 percent.
• Achievement of white students increased two points to 90 percent.
• Achievement of LEP students increased four points to 79 percent.
• Achievement of economically disadvantaged students increased four points to 77 percent.

Achievement of students with disabilities increased six points to 71 percent.
Black and Hispanic students continued to narrow achievement gaps with white students in mathematics. During the last three years, the gap has narrowed by four points for black students and three points for Hispanic students even though the achievement of white students increased by five points.

At the elementary level, the mathematics pass rates of all AYP subgroups in grades 4 and 5 increased, as did the percentages of students in each subgroup performing at the advanced level._Middle school students continued to make significant gains on rigorous, grade-level mathematics assessments introduced three years ago.

• Sixth-grade students increased their achievement to 73 percent, compared with 68 percent last year and 60 percent in the previous year.
• Thirty-two percent of sixth graders achieved at the advanced level in mathematics, compared with 29 percent last year and 21 percent two years ago.
• The pass rates of all AYP subgroups in grade-six mathematics increased, as did the percentages of students in each subgroup performing at the advanced level.
• Seventh graders improved their performance to 71 percent compared with 65 percent last year and 56 percent two years ago.
• Twenty-eight percent of seventh graders achieved at the advanced level, compared with 24 percent last year and 20 percent in the previous year.
• The pass rates of all AYP subgroups in grade-seven mathematics increased, as did the percentages of students in each subgroup performing at the advanced level.