The percentage of California students scoring at or above the 50th percentile on the 2000 Stanford 9 increased by an average of three to eight points over 1998 in reading, language, spelling, and mathematics, according to results released Monday by the California Department of Education.

Moreover, results for mathematics showed the greatest gains over three years with elementary grades increasing as much as 16 points (grade three). At grades two through 11, mathematics averaged a gain of eight percentage points, language five points, reading three points, and spelling (grades two-eight) seven points.

The gains were consistently greater at the elementary grades than at the middle or high school grades. Changes in Stanford 9 scores for grades nine through 11 in science and history-social science were limited. Visit the California Department of Education's STAR Web site for complete test results.

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