Percentile scores for grade 4 vocabulary, by public or nonpublic school, 5 categories and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year
Public or nonpublic school, 5 categories
National
10th percentile
Standard Error
25th percentile
Standard Error
50th percentile
Standard Error
75th percentile
Standard Error
90th percentile
Standard Error
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
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
Public
165
(0.4)
192
(0.3)
219
(0.3)
244
(0.3)
265
(0.4)
2011
Other private
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
2011
Catholic
189
(2.0)
212
(1.3)
235
(1.9)
257
(1.3)
276
(1.2)
2011
Bureau of Indian Education
138
(3.4)
159
(2.8)
185
(3.0)
208
(2.6)
228
(2.2)
2011
Department of Defense
187
(3.8)
208
(2.9)
230
(2.9)
251
(2.8)
270
(3.6)
2009
Public
164
(0.7)
191
(0.6)
219
(0.4)
245
(0.4)
267
(0.5)
2009
Other private
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
2009
Catholic
188
(2.9)
211
(3.6)
235
(1.5)
258
(2.5)
278
(3.2)
2009
Bureau of Indian Education
141
(3.7)
162
(2.9)
187
(2.0)
211
(4.8)
232
(4.3)
2009
Department of Defense
183
(4.7)
206
(4.6)
230
(4.6)
253
(4.3)
274
(5.5)