Percentile scores for grade 12 reading, by all students and jurisdiction: 2009, 2005, 2002, 1998, 1994, and 1992
YearJurisdictionAll students
10th percentileStandard Error25th percentileStandard Error50th percentileStandard Error75th percentileStandard Error90th percentileStandard Error
NOTE: The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, and 2009 Reading Assessments.
2009National238(0.8)264(0.8)291(0.7)315(0.9)335(0.9)
2005National235(1.1)262(0.8)288(0.8)313(1.1)333(1.1)
2002National237(1.5)263(1.3)289(0.7)312(0.6)332(0.9)
1998National240(0.6)267(0.8)293(0.6)317(0.7)336(0.8)
1998¹National242(1.3)268(1.2)293(0.9)317(0.9)337(0.8)
1994¹National239(0.9)264(0.9)290(0.6)313(0.8)332(1.2)
1992¹National249(0.8)271(0.8)294(0.8)315(0.5)333(0.7)