No significant change in average scores of AI/AN students in reading from 2005 to 2007

Average scores in NAEP reading, by grade and student group: 2005 and 2007

Findings

• The average reading scores of AI/AN fourth- and eighth-graders did not change from 2005 to 2007.
• AI/AN fourth- and eighth-graders in 2007 scored lower on average than their non-AI/AN peers.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native. View complete data for grade 4 and grade 8 with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 and 2007 National Indian Education Studies.

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