Gaps in average reading scale scores, by race/ethnicity, grades 4 and 8: 1992–2003

* Significantly different from 2003.
NOTE: Data were not collected at grade 8 in 2000. Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scale scores.
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, 2000, 2002, and 2003 Reading Assessments.   

Major Finding

• At both grades 4 and 8, the average score gaps between White students and Black students and between White students and Hispanic students in 2003 were not found to differ significantly from those in 1992 or 2002.

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Last updated 09 March 2006 (RF)