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Percentage of students, by reading achievement level and race/ethnicity, grade 8: 1992–2003

				Below Basic		At Basic		At Proficient		At Advanced		At or above Basic		At or above Proficient
Grade 8
White
	Accommodations not permitted	1992		23	*	42		32	*	4		77	*	35	*
		1994		23	*	42		32	*	4		77	*	35	*
		1998		18		41		37		3		82		40
	Accommodations permitted	1998		19		42		36		3		81		39
		2002		16		43		37		4		84		41
		2003		17		42		37		4		83		41
Black
	Accommodations not permitted	1992		55	*	36	*	9	*	#		45	*	9	*
		1994		57	*	34	*	9		#		43	*	10
		1998		48		39		12		#		52		13
	Accommodations permitted	1998		47		40		12		#		53		13
		2002		45		42		13		1		55		13
		2003		46		41		12		1		54		13
Hispanic
	Accommodations not permitted	1992		51	*	36		12		1		49	*	13
		1994		49	*	36		14		1		51	*	15
		1998		46		39		15		1		54		15
	Accommodations permitted	1998		47		39		14		1		53		14
		2002		43		42		15		1		57		15
		2003		44		41		15		1		56		15
Asian/Pacific Islander
	Accommodations not permitted	1992		24		39		30		7		76		37
		1994		28	*	38		29		5		72	*	34
		1998		23		42		31		3		77		35
	Accommodations permitted	1998		25		42		30		3		75		33
		2002		24		41		32		4		76		36
		2003		21		39		35		5		79		40
American Indian/Alaska Native
	Accommodations not permitted	1992		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
		1994		42		39		17		2		58		19
		1998		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
	Accommodations permitted	1998		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
		2002		39		44		17		1		61		17
		2003		43		40		16		1		57		17
Other1
	Accommodations not permitted	1992		33		42		22		3		67		25
		1994		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
		1998		15		50		33		2		85		36
	Accommodations permitted	1998		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
		2002		23		46		28		3		77		31
		2003		22		45		30		3		78		33

#  The estimate rounds to zero.
^‡ Reporting standards not met. Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.
* Significantly different from 2003.
¹ "Other" comprises students whose race based on school records was "other race" or, if school data was missing, who self-reported their race as "multiracial" but not "Hispanic," or did not self-report racial/ethnic information.
NOTE: Data were not collected at grade 8 in 2000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Approximately 1 percent of students were classified as American Indian/Alaska Native or Other races.
Significance tests were performed using unrounded numbers. NAEP sample sizes have increased since 2002 compared to previous years, resulting in smaller detectable differences than in previous assessments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2003 Reading Assessments.   

Major Findings

• At grade 8, the percentages of White, Black, and Hispanic students at or above Basic were higher in 2003 than in 1992.
• The percentages of White students and Black students at or above Proficient were higher in 2003 than in 1992.

See the national reading achievement-level results by race/ethnicity for grade 4.

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Last updated 20 October 2003 (SW)