In year 5, numeracy and spelling there had been a statistically significant increase from 2008, the figures showed.
Florida was the only state that showed a statistically significant increase in reading scores among fourth graders since last year.
Reading at year 3 had seen a "statistically significant increase from 2008" – a continuation of the long-term trend.
Although median household income rose by seven-tenths of a 1percentt over all, the only statistically significant increase was in white households.
And another study, comparing first-year residents before and after the 2011 changes, found a statistically significant increase in self-reported medical error.
For mothers, after adjusting for the father's age, they found a statistically significant increase in only the 35 to 39 age group.
It also reported that the only statistically significant increase was among white households, which for the first time since 1999 reported a real increase.
In two subgroups, though — men and non-Hispanic blacks — there was a small but statistically significant increase in the diabetes rate.
Across 38 reference stations, the report finds that between 1973 and 2010 there was a statistically significant increase in the number of fire danger days at 16 locations.
Contrary to coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Bocsar figures show no statistically significant increase in assaults for Newtown, Glebe or Petersham.
Ketamine was the only drug that recorded a statistically significant increase in last year use among those aged 16 to 24 years old - up from 0.8%to1.8%8%.
