Table 4.2b. Percentage distribution of students across reading achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2007

Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008

NCES 2008-084
September 2008

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Table 4.2b. Percentage distribution of students across reading achievement levels, by race/ethnicity and grade: 2007

Grade and level	Total¹	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
4th grade
Below basic	33	22	54	50	23	51
At or above basic	67	78	46	50	77	49
At or above proficient	33	43	14	17	46	18
At advanced	8	11	2	3	15	4
8th grade
Below basic	26	16	45	42	20	44
At or above basic	74	84	55	58	80	56
At or above proficient	31	40	13	15	41	18
At advanced	3	4	#	1	5	2

# Rounds to zero.

¹ Total includes races/ethnicities not separately shown.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The reading data include students for whom accommodations were permitted. For a discussion of the reading achievement level definitions, see http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/reading/achieve.asp. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Reading Assessments and NAEP Data Explorer ,retrieved January 25, 2008, from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/.

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