NAEP 2005 Assessment Results - Reading Grade 12: Student Group Results: Gender

National Student Groups

Reading

Mathematics

4 of 10

Gender

Race/
Ethnicity

Region

Parental Education
Level

Students With
Disabilities

English Language
Learners

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Gender Gap Wider Than in 1992

In 2005, female twelfth-grade students scored 13 points higher on average in reading than male students.
The average reading score for female students was lower in 2005 than in either 1992 or 2002.
The average reading score for male students in 2005, while lower than in 1992, was unchanged from 2002.
Smaller percentages of male and female students were at or above Basic and at or above Proficient in 2005 than in 1992.

GRADE 12

Average Scale
Scores

Achievement
Levels

Trend in twelfth-grade average NAEP reading scores, by gender

* Significantly different from 2005.
NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores. View complete data with standard errors for grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2005 Reading Assessments.

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