NAEP - 2008 Long-Term Trend: Reading Overall Results

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No significant change in reading scores for 17-year-olds at any performance level

Trend in NAEP reading performance-level results for 17-year-old students

Key. Original assessment format. Top bar percent at level 350. Middle bar percent at level 300 or above. Bottom bar percent at level 250 or above. Revised assessment format. Top bar percent at level 350. Middle bar percent at level 300 or above. Bottom bar percent at level 250 or above.

Findings

Eighty percent of 17-year-olds in 2008 were able to interrelate ideas and make generalizations as described in performance level 250.
There was no significant difference in the performance of 17-year-olds in 2008 compared to either 2004 or 1971.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2008.
NOTE: View complete data with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1971–2008 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments.

Learn more about the reading performance levels.

To read more details on comparisons across years, see About the Long-Term Trend Assessment.

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2008 Long-Term Trend Report Card