MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hispanic students in Wisconsin have made marginal improvement toward closing the achievement gap with their white classmates on math and science tests, although the same tests showed white and Asian students were still in a far better position to succeed in college or the workplace.

About 55 percent of white students and 50 percent of Asian students were proficient or advanced in math in 2012-13, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Public Instruction. Those results represented improvements of 4 percent and 6 percent respectively over 2008-09 performances.

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