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Average writing scale scores, by student eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch, grades 4, 8, and 12: 1998 and 2002

Average writing scale scores by student eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch, grades 4, 8, and 12: 1998 and 2002


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for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

 


* Significantly different from 2002.
NOTE: Italicized scale score values indicate that two or more groups had the same rounded average score. The average scale scores, when rounded, were the same in 1998 for grade 8 students who were "not eligible" and those for whom information was not available (the 1998 score was significantly different from 2002 only for the students who were "not eligible").
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1998 and 2002 Writing Assessments.


Major Findings

  • At grades 4 and 8, average writing scores were higher in 2002 than in 1998 both for students who were eligible and those who were not eligible.
  • At grade 12, no significant change since 1998 was detected in the average scores of students who were eligible or those who were not eligible for free/reduced-price lunch.
  • Average scores at all three grades were lower for students who were eligible than for students who were not eligible.

See the achievement level results by student eligibility for free/reduced-price lunch for grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12.

View average writing scale scores by student eligibility for free/reduced-price school lunch and race/ethnicity at grades 4, 8, and 12.

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Last updated 10 July 2003 (JBJ)