Average scale scores for age 9 long-term trend reading, by public or nonpublic school, 5 categories [SCHTYPE] and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1975, and 1971
YearJurisdictionPublicOther privateCatholicBureau of Indian EducationDepartment of Defense
Average scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard Error
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† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: The NAEP Long-Term Trend 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), 1971, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments.
2012National220(0.9)(†)231(1.9)(†)(†)
2008National218(1.0)(†)235(1.1)(†)(†)
2004National214(1.1)(†)230(1.9)(†)(†)
2004¹National217(1.1)(†)228(3.0)(†)(†)
1999¹National210(1.3)227(5.2)225(4.6)(†)(†)
1996¹National210(1.0)226(4.6)227(3.6)(†)(†)
1994¹National209(1.4)228(5.5)223(4.1)(†)(†)
1992¹National209(1.0)229(4.6)223(2.8)(†)(†)
1990¹National208(1.4)236(5.1)225(3.5)(†)(†)
1988¹National210(1.2)225(3.6)223(4.1)(†)(†)
1984¹National209(0.9)226(2.9)221(1.7)(†)(†)
1980¹National214(1.1)231(4.5)226(2.2)(†)(†)
1975¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
1971¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)