National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scores, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of parental education: Selected years, 1980 through 2008

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Table 12a.	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scores, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of parental education: Selected years, 1980 through 2008

Sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of parental education	13-year-olds
	1980	1984	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1999	2004	2008
Total	258	257	257	257	260	258	258	259	259	260

Sex
Male	254	253	252	251	254	251	251	254	254	256
Female	263	262	263	263	265	266	264	265	264	264

Race/ethnicity
White	264	263	261	262	266	265	266	267	266	268
Black	233	236	243	241	238	234	234	238	243	247
Hispanic	237	240	240	238	239	235	238	244	242	242
Asian/Pacific Islander	269	264	273	254	270	258	254	258	269	278
American Indian/Alaska Native	238	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	250

Highest level of parental education
Less than high school	239	240	246	241	239	237	239	238	240	239
Graduated high school	253	253	253	251	262	251	251	251	251	251
Some college	268	266	265	267	265	266	268	269	264	265
College graduate	273	268	265	267	271	269	269	270	270	270

	17-year-olds
	1980	1984	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1999	2004	2008
Total	285	289	290	290	290	288	288	288	285	286

Sex
Male	282	284	286	284	284	282	281	281	278	280
Female	289	294	294	296	296	295	295	295	292	291

Race/ethnicity
White	293	295	295	297	297	296	295	295	293	295
Black	243	264	274	267	261	266	266	264	264	266
Hispanic	261	268	271	275	271	263	265	271	264	269
Asian/Pacific Islander	284	284	289	291	289	288	284	290	287	295
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	281

Highest level of parental education
Less than high school	262	269	267	270	271	268	267	265	259	266
Graduated high school	277	281	282	283	280	276	273	274	274	274
Some college	295	298	299	295	293	294	295	295	286	288
College graduate	301	302	300	302	301	300	299	298	298	298

‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. The NAEP Long-Term Trend reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1980–2008 Long-term Trend Reading Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.