Elementary and Secondary Education

Student Effort, Persistence, and Progress

Table A-28-2. Percentage of 8th- and 12th-grade students performing at or above Basic proficiency on NAEP reading assessments, by number of days of school missed in the previous month and selected characteristics: 2009 and 2011

	Grade 8 - 2011						Grade 12 - 2009
	Percent at or above Basic			Percentage distribution			Percent at or above Basic			Percentage distribution
	0 days	1–2 days	3 or more days	0 days	1–2 days	3 or more days	0 days	1–2 days	3 or more days	0 days	1–2 days	3 or more days
Total	80	78	66	45	35	19	77	76	67	38	39	23

Student characteristic
Sex
Male	76	74	60	47	34	18	72	70	60	41	37	21
Female	84	81	71	44	36	20	83	81	74	35	41	24

Race/ethnicity
White	88	86	77	45	37	18	85	83	73	36	40	23
Black	65	60	49	45	32	23	60	58	51	39	38	23
Hispanic	68	66	54	44	35	21	64	63	56	38	39	23
Asian/Pacific Islander	85	83	69	62	27	11	83	81	78	50	33	16
American Indian/Alaska Native	69	66	55	34	35	31	77	81	70	30	36	34
Two or more races	84	79	68	43	36	20	83	83	84	39	37	23

English language learner
Yes	32	30	21	46	31	23	25	21	16	43	37	19
No	82	80	68	45	36	19	79	77	68	38	39	23

Classified as having a disability
Yes	43	39	30	39	35	26	43	42	29	36	36	29
No	83	81	71	46	35	18	80	79	71	38	40	22

Student eligibility for free or reduced- price lunch
Eligible	67	65	54	42	35	23	63	62	56	36	39	26
Not eligible	88	86	78	48	36	16	82	81	72	38	40	22

School characteristic
School location
City	75	72	58	45	34	21	73	75	66	37	40	23
Suburban	83	80	69	47	35	18	80	79	69	38	40	22
Town	79	76	68	44	36	20	77	76	67	37	39	24
Rural	81	80	70	45	36	19	78	74	65	39	38	23

Percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25	90	89	81	49	35	16	85	85	77	38	41	22
26–50	83	80	73	45	36	19	77	75	66	38	39	23
51–75	74	72	60	44	35	21	68	65	56	38	39	23
76–100	61	61	47	43	34	23	57	53	48	35	39	26

NOTE. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessment was not administered to 12th-graders in 2011. For more information on NAEP, see Appendix B – Guide to Sources. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on free or reduced-price lunch, locale, or race/ethnicity, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Reading Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.

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