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Total Group

Examination Grade	Spanish Language
	N	% At
5	20,002	20.4
4	22,688	23.1
3	28,712	29.2
2	16,725	17.0
1	10,118	10.3
Number of Students	98,245
3 or Higher / %	71,402	72.7
Mean Grade	3.26
Standard Deviation	1.25

Standard Group *

Examination Grade	Spanish Language
	N	% At
5	3,367	8.3
4	6,268	15.4
3	12,220	30.0
2	10,703	26.3
1	8,135	20.0
Number of Students	40,693
3 or Higher / %	21,855	53.7
Mean Grade	2.66
Standard Deviation	1.20
* Standard students generally receive most of their foreign language training in U.S. schools. They did not indicate on their answer sheet that they regularly speak or hear the foreign language of the examination, or that they have lived for one month or more in a country where the language is spoken.