Elementary and Secondary Education

Assessments

Table A-13-1. Average reading scale scores on the long-term trend National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: Various years, 1971 through 2008

Age, sex, and race/ethnicity	1971	1975	1980	1984	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1999	2004	2004¹	2008¹
9-year-olds
Total	208	210	215	211	212	209	211	211	212	212	219	216	220
Sex
Male	201	204	210	207	207	204	206	207	207	209	216	212	216
Female	214	216	220	214	216	215	215	215	218	215	221	219	224
Race/ethnicity
White	214	217	221	218	218	217	218	218	220	221	226	224	228
Black	170	181	189	186	189	182	185	185	191	186	200	197	204
Hispanic	—	183	190	187	194	189	192	186	195	193	205	199	207

13-year-olds
Total	255	256	258	257	257	257	260	258	258	259	259	257	260
Sex
Male	250	250	254	253	252	251	254	251	251	254	254	252	256
Female	261	262	263	262	263	263	265	266	264	265	264	262	264
Race/ethnicity
White	261	262	264	263	261	262	266	265	266	267	266	265	268
Black	222	226	233	236	243	241	238	234	234	238	244	239	247
Hispanic	—	232	237	240	240	238	239	235	238	244	242	241	242

17-year-olds
Total	285	286	285	289	290	290	290	288	288	288	285	283	286
Sex
Male	279	280	282	284	286	284	284	282	281	281	278	276	280
Female	291	291	289	294	294	296	296	295	295	295	292	289	291
Race/ethnicity
White	291	293	293	295	295	297	297	296	295	295	293	289	295
Black	239	241	243	264	274	267	261	266	266	264	264	262	266
Hispanic	—	252	261	268	271	275	271	263	265	271	264	267	269
— Not available.
¹ Scores for the revised assessment format. This format reflects the inclusion of and accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners.
NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NAEP scores range from 0 to 500. For more information on race/ethnicity, see supplemental note 1; for more information on NAEP, see supplemental note 4.
SOURCE: Rampey, B.D., Dion, G.S., and Donahue, P.L. (2009). NAEP 2008 Trends in Academic Progress in Reading and Mathematics (NCES 2009-479). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

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