Reflects 15
Percentage
Point Gain
for African
American
Students
Since 2000
Reflects 17
Percentage
Point Gain
for Hispanic
Students
Since 2000
Percentage of Scores At or Above National
Average (50th National Percentile)
Percentage of 2nd Grade Scores At or Above the
National Average Increases Over Past 5 Years
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
76 77
1st K. Reform Group (2001)
2nd K. Reform Group (2002)
80
83 85
Achievement
Gap Narrows
+15
45 45
60
48
+17
76 77
80 81
Includes
14% Fewer
White
Students
Tested
Since 2000
85
61
53
52
44
41
2000
2001
45
2002
2003
2004
Asian
African
American
Hispanic
White
CTBS Composite Results in Reading,
Language, and Mathematics, Grade 2
Includes
35% More
Hispanic
Students
Tested
Since 2000
Includes
19% More
ESOL
Students
Tested
Since 2000
60
Percentage of Scores At or Above National
Average (50th National Percentile)
Reflects 14
Percentage
Point Gain
for ESOL
Students
Since 2000
Percentage of 2nd Grade Scores At or
Above National Average Increases for
Students Receiving Special Services
50
+14
36
2
38
50
48
+8
40 39 41
43
48
40 39
42
34
2000
20
2001
2002
10
2003
2004
0
1st K. Reform Group (2001)
nd
48
40
30
56
+16
Reflects 16
Percentage
Point Gain
for FARMS
Students
Since 2000
K. Reform Group (2002)
ESOL
Special
Education
FARMS
CTBS Composite Results in Reading,
Language, and Mathematics, Grade 2
Includes
2% More
FARMS
Students
Tested
Since 2000