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| Sex | Central city | Urban fringe | Rural | |||
| Performance scale scores | ||||||
| Total, 2002 | 258 | (0.7) | 268 | (0.7) | 266 | (0.6) |
| Total, 2003 | 258 | (0.5) | 267 | (0.5) | 264 | (0.4) |
| Total, 2005 | 257 | (0.4) | 266 | (0.3) | 263 | (0.4) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | ||||||
| 2002 | 253 | (0.8) | 263 | (0.9) | 261 | (0.6) |
| 2003 | 252 | (0.6) | 262 | (0.5) | 258 | (0.5) |
| 2005 | 252 | (0.5) | 261 | (0.4) | 257 | (0.5) |
| Female | ||||||
| 2002 | 262 | (0.7) | 273 | (0.8) | 271 | (0.8) |
| 2003 | 263 | (0.6) | 272 | (0.5) | 270 | (0.5) |
| 2005 | 262 | (0.5) | 271 | (0.3) | 268 | (0.4) |
| Percentage distribution | ||||||
| Total, 2002 | 29 | (0.6) | 42 | (0.7) | 29 | (0.5) |
| Total, 2003 | 29 | (0.4) | 41 | (0.4) | 29 | (0.4) |
| Total, 2005 | 31 | (0.4) | 43 | (0.4) | 25 | (0.3) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | ||||||
| 2002 | 29 | (0.6) | 42 | (0.8) | 29 | (0.6) |
| 2003 | 29 | (0.4) | 41 | (0.5) | 29 | (0.4) |
| 2005 | 31 | (0.4) | 43 | (0.4) | 26 | (0.3) |
| Female | ||||||
| 2002 | 29 | (0.7) | 41 | (0.7) | 29 | (0.6) |
| 2003 | 30 | (0.5) | 42 | (0.5) | 29 | (0.4) |
| 2005 | 31 | (0.4) | 43 | (0.5) | 25 | (0.4) |
| 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. | ||||||