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Table S-11-1. Standard Errors for the Average reading scale scores and selected achievement gaps of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1992-2009

Sex and race/ethnicity	1992	1994	1998	1998	2000	2000	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009
Grade 4
Total	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.1	0.8	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Sex
Male	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Female	1.0	1.1	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Male-female achievement gap	1.6	1.7	1.3	1.8	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4

Race/ethnicity
White	1.2	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Black	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.9	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5
Hispanic	2.6	3.4	2.1	3.2	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.9	3.8	4.2	5.6	4.7	5.2	1.6	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	6.6	†	†	6.4	6.0	2.0	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.3
Black-White achievement gap	2.1	2.2	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6
Hispanic-White achievement gap	2.9	3.6	2.3	3.3	2.4	3.1	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6

Grade 8
Total	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	†	†	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3
Sex
Male	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0	†	†	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Female	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	†	†	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Male-female achievement gap	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3	†	†	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5

Race/ethnicity
White	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	†	†	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Black	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.2	†	†	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Hispanic	1.6	1.2	2.5	1.7	†	†	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.9	3.0	5.0	7.1	†	†	1.7	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	4.7	†	†	†	†	3.5	3.0	1.4	1.2	1.2
Black-White achievement gap	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.5	†	†	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Hispanic-White achievement gap	2.0	1.5	2.6	1.9	†	†	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.7

Grade 12
Total	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	†	†	0.7	†	0.6	†	0.7
Sex
Male	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.8	†	†	0.9	†	0.8	†	0.7
Female	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	†	†	0.7	†	0.7	†	0.8
Male-female achievement gap	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.1	†	†	1.1	†	1.1	†	1.1

Race/ethnicity
White	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	†	†	0.7	†	0.7	†	0.6
Black	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.4	†	†	1.3	†	1.2	†	1.1
Hispanic	2.7	1.7	1.1	1.5	†	†	1.5	†	1.2	†	1.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.2	2.4	4.1	2.7	†	†	2.0	†	1.9	†	2.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	†	5.8	†	†	†	†	†	†	6.3	†	3.7
Black-White achievement gap	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.6	†	†	1.5	†	1.4	†	1.3
Hispanic-White achievement gap	2.8	1.8	1.4	1.7	†	†	1.7	†	1.4	†	1.2
† Not applicable.
1 Testing accommodations (e.g., extended time, small group testing) for children with disabilities and English language learners were not permitted in 1992 and 1994; students were tested with and without accommodations in 1998 and 2000. The footnoted column represents the sample without accommodations.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1992–2009 Reading Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.

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