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epaa-1671	Baker, Scott; Myers, Anthony; Vasquez, Brittany	Desegregation, Accountability, and Equality: North Carolina and the Nation, 1971-2002	2014	30	.pdf	application/pdf	14468	806	50	Table 1 North Carolina reading and math proficiency rates, 1994-2002 Reading, 4th Grade White % Proficient Black % Proficient Gap Year NC NAEP NC NAEP NC NAEP 1994 75.3 27 44.9 11 30.4 16 1998 80.2 27 33.8 10 46.4 17 2002 85.7 33 61.5 13 24.2 20 Reading, 8th Grade White % Proficient Black % Proficient Gap Year NC NAEP NC NAEP NC NAEP 1994 80.9 NA 55.2 NA NA NA 1998 86.9 36 63.8 12 23.1 18 2002 91.9 38 72.5 11 19.4 27 Math, 4th Grade White % Proficient Black % Proficient Gap Year NC NAEP NC NAEP NC NAEP 1994 77.1 NA 44.5 2 32.6 14 1998 81.4 25 49.5 4 31.9 21 2002 91.1 30 70.7 8 20.4 22 Math, 8th Grade White % Proficient Black % Proficient Gap Year NC NAEP NC NAEP NC NAEP 1994 77.4 NA 46.2 NA 31.2 NA 1998 78.0 23 44.6 5 33.4 18 2002 88.3 30 63.9 6 24.4 24 Sources: North Carolina State Testing Results. During the 1980s, North Carolina officials emphasized the “dramatic improvements” made by African Americans, but acknowledged that “the percentages of blacks passing the test have been lower than the percentages of white students on every test since 1978” (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 1988, p. 2).	cache/epaa-1671.pdf	txt/epaa-1671.txt