Percentile scores for grade 4 vocabulary, by school location, 4 categories and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year
School location, 4 categories
National
10th percentile
Standard Error
25th percentile
Standard Error
50th percentile
Standard Error
75th percentile
Standard Error
90th percentile
Standard Error
NOTE: The NAEP Vocabulary scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Vocabulary Assessments.
2011
City
158
(0.7)
185
(0.8)
213
(0.6)
240
(0.5)
263
(0.8)
2011
Suburb
172
(1.2)
198
(0.8)
225
(0.5)
249
(0.6)
270
(0.6)
2011
Town
165
(1.4)
191
(0.9)
218
(0.9)
242
(0.7)
262
(1.1)
2011
Rural
173
(0.8)
198
(0.6)
224
(0.5)
247
(0.5)
267
(0.6)
2009
City
157
(1.2)
184
(0.8)
214
(0.9)
242
(0.7)
265
(1.2)
2009
Suburb
171
(1.1)
197
(0.9)
225
(0.6)
250
(0.6)
272
(1.1)
2009
Town
164
(1.6)
191
(1.2)
219
(0.7)
244
(1.1)
264
(1.4)
2009
Rural
172
(0.7)
197
(0.6)
223
(0.7)
248
(0.9)
269
(1.0)