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| Control | Central city | Urban fringe | Rural | |||
| Performance scale scores | ||||||
| Total, 2002 | 212 | (0.6) | 223 | (1.0) | 220 | (0.4) |
| Total, 2003 | 212 | (0.5) | 222 | (0.3) | 220 | (0.5) |
| Total, 2005 | 213 | (0.4) | 223 | (0.3) | 219 | (0.3) |
| Control | ||||||
| Public | ||||||
| 2002 | — | ( †) | — | ( †) | — | ( †) |
| 2003 | 208 | (0.6) | 221 | (0.3) | 219 | (0.5) |
| 2005 | 210 | (0.4) | 221 | (0.3) | 219 | (0.3) |
| Private | ||||||
| 2002 | — | ( †) | — | ( †) | — | ( †) |
| 2003 | 233 | (1.4) | 237 | (1.1) | 231 | (1.7) |
| 2005 | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) |
| Percentage distribution | ||||||
| Total, 2002 | 30 | (0.5) | 42 | (0.8) | 28 | (0.7) |
| Total, 2003 | 31 | (0.3) | 41 | (0.5) | 28 | (0.4) |
| Total, 2005 | 32 | (0.3) | 44 | (0.3) | 24 | (0.3) |
| Control | ||||||
| Public | ||||||
| 2002 | — | ( †) | — | ( †) | — | ( †) |
| 2003 | 29 | (0.3) | 41 | (0.5) | 30 | (0.4) |
| 2005 | 31 | (0.3) | 44 | (0.3) | 25 | (0.3) |
| Private | ||||||
| 2002 | — | ( †) | — | ( †) | — | ( †) |
| 2003 | 48 | (1.7) | 42 | (1.8) | 10 | (1.1) |
| 2005 | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) | ‡ | ( ‡) |
| — Not available. | ||||||
| † Not applicable. | ||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||
| NOTE: The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Observed differences are not necessarily statistically significant. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002, 2003, and 2005 Reading Assessment, NAEP Data Explorer. | ||||||