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| Table 123. | Average reading scale scores of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-graders, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1992 through 2007 |
| Selected student or school characteristic |
19921 | 19941 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| 4th-graders, all students | 217 | (0.9) | 214 | (1.0) | 215 | (1.1) | 213 | (1.3) | 219 | (0.4) | 218 | (0.3) | 219 | (0.2) | 221 | (0.3) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 213 | (1.2) | 209 | (1.3) | 212 | (1.3) | 208 | (1.3) | 215 | (0.4) | 215 | (0.3) | 216 | (0.2) | 218 | (0.3) |
| Female | 221 | (1.0) | 220 | (1.1) | 217 | (1.3) | 219 | (1.4) | 222 | (0.5) | 222 | (0.3) | 222 | (0.3) | 224 | (0.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 224 | (1.2) | 224 | (1.3) | 225 | (1.0) | 224 | (1.1) | 229 | (0.3) | 229 | (0.2) | 229 | (0.2) | 231 | (0.2) |
| Black | 192 | (1.7) | 185 | (1.8) | 193 | (1.9) | 190 | (1.8) | 199 | (0.5) | 198 | (0.4) | 200 | (0.3) | 203 | (0.4) |
| Hispanic | 197 | (2.6) | 188 | (3.4) | 193 | (3.2) | 190 | (2.9) | 201 | (1.3) | 200 | (0.6) | 203 | (0.5) | 205 | (0.5) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 216 | (2.9) | 220 | (3.8) | 215 | (5.6) | 225 | (5.2) | 224 | (1.6) | 226 | (1.2) | 229 | (0.7) | 232 | (1.0) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | 211 | (6.6) | ‡ | (†) | 214 | (6.0) | 207 | (2.0) | 202 | (1.4) | 204 | (1.3) | 203 | (1.2) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||
| Public | 215 | (1.0) | 212 | (1.1) | 213 | (1.2) | 211 | (1.4) | 217 | (0.5) | 216 | (0.3) | 217 | (0.2) | 220 | (0.3) |
| Private, total | 232 | (1.7) | 231 | (2.5) | 232 | (2.6) | 231 | (1.8) | 234 | (0.9) | 235 | (0.8) | ‡ | (†) | 234 | (1.1) |
| Catholic | 229 | (2.2) | 229 | (3.3) | 232 | (2.7) | 229 | (2.5) | 234 | (1.1) | 235 | (1.0) | 234 | (0.8) | 232 | (1.3) |
| Lutheran | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 236 | (1.4) | 232 | (1.9) | 231 | (2.0) | — | (†) |
| Conservative Christian | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 229 | (2.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) |
| 8th-graders, all students | 260 | (0.9) | 260 | (0.8) | 263 | (0.8) | — | (†) | 264 | (0.4) | 263 | (0.3) | 262 | (0.2) | 263 | (0.2) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 254 | (1.1) | 252 | (1.0) | 256 | (1.0) | — | (†) | 260 | (0.5) | 258 | (0.3) | 257 | (0.2) | 258 | (0.3) |
| Female | 267 | (1.0) | 267 | (1.0) | 270 | (0.8) | — | (†) | 269 | (0.5) | 269 | (0.3) | 267 | (0.2) | 268 | (0.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 267 | (1.1) | 267 | (1.0) | 270 | (0.9) | — | (†) | 272 | (0.4) | 272 | (0.2) | 271 | (0.2) | 272 | (0.2) |
| Black | 237 | (1.7) | 236 | (1.8) | 244 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 245 | (0.7) | 244 | (0.5) | 243 | (0.4) | 245 | (0.4) |
| Hispanic | 241 | (1.6) | 243 | (1.2) | 243 | (1.7) | — | (†) | 247 | (0.8) | 245 | (0.7) | 246 | (0.4) | 247 | (0.4) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 268 | (3.9) | 265 | (3.0) | 264 | (7.1) | — | (†) | 267 | (1.7) | 270 | (1.1) | 271 | (0.8) | 271 | (1.1) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | 248 | (4.7) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | 250 | (3.5) | 246 | (3.0) | 249 | (1.4) | 247 | (1.2) |
| Parents' highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||
| Did not finish high school | 243 | (1.4) | 238 | (1.9) | 242 | (1.6) | — | (†) | 248 | (1.0) | 245 | (0.7) | 244 | (0.5) | 245 | (0.5) |
| Graduated high school | 251 | (1.4) | 252 | (1.2) | 254 | (1.3) | — | (†) | 257 | (0.5) | 254 | (0.4) | 252 | (0.4) | 253 | (0.4) |
| Some education after high school | 265 | (1.1) | 266 | (1.3) | 268 | (1.1) | — | (†) | 268 | (0.5) | 267 | (0.4) | 265 | (0.3) | 266 | (0.3) |
| Graduated college | 271 | (1.0) | 270 | (0.9) | 273 | (0.9) | — | (†) | 274 | (0.4) | 273 | (0.3) | 272 | (0.2) | 273 | (0.2) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||
| Public | 258 | (1.0) | 257 | (0.8) | 261 | (0.8) | — | (†) | 263 | (0.5) | 261 | (0.2) | 260 | (0.2) | 261 | (0.2) |
| Private, total | 278 | (2.0) | 279 | (1.4) | 281 | (1.7) | — | (†) | 281 | (0.9) | 282 | (0.7) | ‡ | (†) | 280 | (0.9) |
| Catholic | 275 | (1.9) | 279 | (1.3) | 282 | (1.8) | — | (†) | 281 | (0.9) | 281 | (0.9) | 280 | (1.0) | 282 | (1.3) |
| Lutheran | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 281 | (1.6) | 281 | (1.6) | 280 | (1.8) | — | (†) |
| Conservative Christian | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 276 | (1.5) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) |
| 12th-graders, all students | 292 | (0.6) | 287 | (0.7) | 290 | (0.6) | — | (†) | 287 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 286 | (0.6) | — | (†) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 287 | (0.7) | 280 | (0.8) | 282 | (0.8) | — | (†) | 279 | (0.9) | — | (†) | 279 | (0.8) | — | (†) |
| Female | 297 | (0.7) | 294 | (0.8) | 298 | (0.8) | — | (†) | 295 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 292 | (0.7) | — | (†) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 297 | (0.6) | 293 | (0.7) | 297 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 292 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 293 | (0.7) | — | (†) |
| Black | 273 | (1.4) | 265 | (1.6) | 269 | (1.4) | — | (†) | 267 | (1.3) | — | (†) | 267 | (1.2) | — | (†) |
| Hispanic | 279 | (2.7) | 270 | (1.7) | 275 | (1.5) | — | (†) | 273 | (1.5) | — | (†) | 272 | (1.2) | — | (†) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 290 | (3.2) | 278 | (2.4) | 287 | (2.7) | — | (†) | 286 | (2.0) | — | (†) | 287 | (1.9) | — | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | ‡ | (†) | 274 | (5.8) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | 279 | (6.3) | — | (†) |
| Parents' highest level of education | ||||||||||||||||
| Did not finish high school | 275 | (1.4) | 266 | (1.5) | 268 | (1.8) | — | (†) | 268 | (1.5) | — | (†) | 268 | (1.7) | — | (†) |
| Graduated high school | 283 | (0.8) | 277 | (1.3) | 279 | (1.2) | — | (†) | 278 | (1.1) | — | (†) | 274 | (0.9) | — | (†) |
| Some education after high school | 294 | (0.8) | 289 | (1.0) | 291 | (1.0) | — | (†) | 289 | (1.0) | — | (†) | 287 | (0.8) | — | (†) |
| Graduated college | 301 | (0.8) | 298 | (1.0) | 300 | (0.7) | — | (†) | 296 | (0.8) | — | (†) | 297 | (0.7) | — | (†) |
| Control of school | ||||||||||||||||
| Public | 290 | (0.7) | 286 | (0.7) | 289 | (0.7) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 285 | (0.7) | — | (†) |
| Private, total | 308 | (1.3) | 301 | (1.9) | 303 | (1.6) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) |
| Catholic | 307 | (1.5) | 298 | (2.4) | 303 | (2.2) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) |
| Lutheran | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Conservative Christian | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment. | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Includes public and private schools. Excludes persons not enrolled in school and those who were unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2007 Reading Assessments, retrieved June 16, 2008, from the NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/). (This table was prepared June 2008.) |
