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October 19, 2005

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings discusses the NAEP findings in a conference call with reporters.

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Transcript: We're on the right track. Particularly with our younger students, where we have focused, the fourth grade results are encouraging.

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Transcript: We're making steady progress, which is driven by increased progress by Hispanic and African-American students, which is the whole point of No Child Left Behind.

Russ Whitehurst, Acting Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics releases the results of the NAEP study known as the "Nation's Report Card."

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Transcript: Both mathematics and reading scores increased since 2003. In mathematics we see an increase in the percentage of fourth graders performing at or above proficient for all five of the nation's major racial ethnic groups.

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Transcript: The white-black score gap narrowed in mathematics, the white-Hispanic score gap narrowed in both mathematics and reading.

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