Average scale scores for grade 4 reading, by undergraduate major or minor in English and jurisdiction: 2009
Year
Jurisdiction
Major
Minor or special emphasis
No
Average scale score
Average scale score
Average scale score
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Some respondents did not receive this question based on their response to a previous question in the survey, and those respondents are included in the “missing” category. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
statistically significant
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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 Reading Assessment.
2009
National public
220
219
220
2009
Large city
211
210
210
2009
Atlanta
‡
208
211
2009
Austin
221
222
220
2009
Baltimore City
‡
202
202
2009
Boston
221
219
215
2009
Charlotte
212
231
225
2009
Chicago
202
203
202
2009
Cleveland
‡
201
194
2009
Detroit
190
183
187
2009
District of Columbia (DCPS)
‡
205
204
2009
Fresno
219
192
197
2009
Houston
219
221
208
2009
Jefferson County (KY)
‡
218
221
2009
Los Angeles
210
201
196
2009
Miami-Dade
222
224
221
2009
Milwaukee
206
199
195
2009
New York City
222
221
217
2009
Philadelphia
‡
189
196
2009
San Diego
‡
216
213