By the numbers: NAEP/math & reading.

MATH

Average scores were higher in 2005 than in any
previous assessment year for students in grades 4 and 8

                1990  1992  1996  2000  2003  2005

GRADE 4          213   220   224   226   235   238
GRADE 8          263   268   270   273   278   279

READING

The national average grade 4 reading score was 1 point
higher in 2005 than in 2003. In grade 8, the average
score was 1 point lower in 2005 than in 2003.

                1992  1994  1998  2002  2003  2005

GRADE 4          217   214   215   219   218   219
GRADE 8          260   260   263   264   263   262

RACE In 2005, at grade 4, white students scored higher, on average,
than black and Hispanic students

GENDER In 2005, male students scored higher on
average than female students at both grades 4 and 8

                1992  1994  1998  2000  2003  2005
WHITE-BLACK

White            224   224   225   224   229   229
Score gap         32    38    32    34    31    29
Black            192   185   193   190   198   200

WHITE-HISPANIC

White            224   224   225   224   229   229
Score gap         27    35    32    35    28    26
Hispanic         197   188   193   190   200   203

GENDER In 2005, male students scored higher on
average than female students at both grades 4 and 8

                1990  1992  1996  2000  2003  2005
WHITE-BLACK

White            220   227   232   234   243   246
Score gap         32    35    34    31    27    26
Black            188   193   198   190   203   220

WHITE-HISPANIC

White            220   227   232   234   243   246
Score gap         20    25    25    27    21    20
Hispanic         200   202   207   208   222   226

Note: Table made from line graph.