NAEP Reading -- Average NAEP reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2002-2003

Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics

Average NAEP reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2002-2003

* Significantly different from 2003.
† Not applicable. Did not participate in 2002.
NOTE: NAEP sample sizes increased since 2002 compared to previous years, resulting in smaller detectable differences than in previous assessments.
Significance tests were performed using unrounded numbers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 and 2003 Trial Urban District Reading Assessments.

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Major Findings

In order to provide a context for the data collected in the 2003 TUDA, results are presented for students attending public schools in the nation as a whole, as well as for public schools located in large central cities across the nation. "Urban districts" refers to the ten districts reported in this trial study. Eight of the ten urban districts consist entirely of schools in cities with a population of 250,000 or more (i.e., large central cities as defined by NCES); two of them (Charlotte and Los Angeles) consist primarily of schools in large central cities, but also have from one-quarter to one-third of their fourth- and eighth-grade students enrolled in surrounding urban fringe or rural areas. All of the data for both districts were used to compare with data from large central cities and the nation.

Average reading scores for fourth-graders in Chicago increased between the 2002 and 2003 assessments.
Among public-school students in the nation, the average reading score at grade 4 did not change significantly from 2002 to 2003.
In public schools in large central cities, the average score at grade 4 increased from 2002 to 2003.
At grade 4, the average score for each participating district was lower than the nation, except in Charlotte, where the average score at grade 4 was not found to differ significantly from that of the nation.

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Average NAEP reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2002-2003

Major Findings

Last updated 10 December 2003 (SW)