Percentile scores for age 17 long-term trend reading, by parental education level [PARED5] and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1975, and 1971
Year
Jurisdiction
Did not finish high school
Graduated high school
Some education after high school
Graduated college
Unknown
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
— Not available.
† 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.
2012
National
211
(5.4)
242
(5.1)
269
(2.3)
293
(4.7)
314
(2.7)
220
(1.2)
246
(2.1)
271
(1.9)
297
(1.9)
320
(2.1)
239
(1.3)
263
(2.6)
290
(1.4)
313
(1.5)
334
(1.4)
248
(1.7)
275
(1.3)
301
(1.4)
327
(1.8)
349
(1.2)
198
(2.9)
227
(4.0)
257
(3.2)
285
(2.6)
311
(4.1)
2008
National
211
(5.3)
239
(2.5)
267
(1.2)
293
(5.3)
317
(5.5)
218
(2.1)
248
(1.8)
276
(2.6)
303
(1.5)
326
(2.7)
236
(2.1)
263
(1.7)
290
(1.3)
315
(0.9)
336
(2.0)
242
(2.8)
272
(1.1)
300
(1.2)
328
(1.3)
351
(1.7)
194
(5.4)
225
(3.0)
256
(4.5)
283
(3.2)
307
(2.8)
2004
National
199
(5.0)
230
(10.6)
262
(2.6)
290
(6.3)
314
(5.2)
218
(1.8)
245
(3.0)
272
(1.8)
299
(2.2)
322
(3.0)
233
(4.6)
261
(3.0)
287
(1.3)
312
(3.0)
334
(2.1)
239
(2.7)
269
(2.0)
298
(1.3)
323
(1.1)
347
(2.0)
192
(5.5)
216
(10.7)
248
(12.5)
278
(5.2)
303
(6.8)
2004¹
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1999¹
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1996¹
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1994¹
National
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1992¹
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1990¹
National
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1988¹
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1984¹
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1980¹
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1975¹
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1971¹
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