Total federal discretionary spending, as well as the subcategory of non-defense discretionary spending, declined from 1995 to 1996 in actual nominal dollars.
Before the district put in a searchable database, he would have had to navigate scores of screens to see how each student scored in each test subcategory.
The only problem is that the very act of doing so can elevate the subcategory (by granting it attention, dollars, and respect) while simultaneously marginalizing it (by shunting it aside).