Average writing scale scores by type of school, grades 4, 8, and 12: 1998 and 2002

* 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 for nonpublic- and Catholic-school students at grade 4 in 2002. Participation rates for Catholic-school, and Other nonpublic-school students at grade 12 did not meet the minimum criteria for reporting in 2002.
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

• The average writing scores for fourth- and eighth-grade public-school students were higher in 2002 than in 1998.
• No significant change was detected between 1998 and 2002 in the average score of twelfth-graders attending public schools.
• At all three grades in 2002, students attending nonpublic schools had higher average writing scores than their peers attending public schools.

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Last updated 10 July 2003 (JBJ)