Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 reading, by highest academic degree, race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, and 2005
Year	Jurisdiction	Race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported	High-school diploma		Associate degree or vocational certification		Bachelor's degree		Master's degree		Education specialist		Doctorate		Professional degree
Year	Jurisdiction	Race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
# Rounds to zero. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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), 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011	National	White	‡	#	‡	#	273	41	275	52	274	7	274	#	281	#
2011	National	Black	‡	#	‡	#	248	41	250	49	249	9	251	1	251	#
2011	National	Hispanic	‡	#	‡	#	252	47	253	46	250	5	256	1	248	1
2011	National	Asian/Pacific Islander	‡	#	‡	#	274	36	279	55	272	6	275	2	‡	#
2011	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	1	‡	#	254	53	254	41	242	4	‡	1	‡	1
2011	National	Two or more races	‡	#	‡	#	271	39	269	53	270	7	‡	1	‡	#
2009	National	White	‡	#	‡	#	272	46	274	48	272	5	272	#	281	#
2009	National	Black	‡	#	‡	#	247	47	247	45	248	7	243	1	249	1
2009	National	Hispanic	‡	#	‡	#	250	53	250	41	247	5	239	1	251	#
2009	National	Asian/Pacific Islander	‡	#	‡	#	272	42	278	52	271	5	‡	#	‡	#
2009	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	#	‡	#	253	58	252	36	247	5	‡	1	‡	#
2009	National	Two or more races	‡	#	‡	#	265	49	270	46	272	4	‡	#	‡	#
2007	National	White	‡	#	‡	#	272	48	274	45	272	6	272	#	278	#
2007	National	Black	‡	#	‡	#	245	51	247	41	246	6	243	1	243	1
2007	National	Hispanic	‡	#	‡	#	248	57	249	37	246	5	253	1	253	1
2007	National	Asian/Pacific Islander	‡	#	‡	#	271	49	273	43	275	7	‡	1	‡	1
2007	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	#	‡	#	249	60	248	33	244	6	‡	#	‡	#
2007	National	Two or more races	‡	#	‡	#	265	48	265	47	279	4	‡	#	‡	1
2005	National	White	260	#	‡	#	270	48	273	45	271	6	270	#	273	#
2005	National	Black	‡	#	‡	#	243	52	244	40	244	7	239	1	250	#
2005	National	Hispanic	‡	#	‡	#	247	58	249	36	246	5	242	1	‡	#
2005	National	Asian/Pacific Islander	‡	#	‡	#	270	47	274	45	273	7	‡	1	‡	1
2005	National	American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	#	‡	#	250	56	250	39	251	4	‡	#	‡	#
2005	National	Two or more races	‡	#	‡	#	266	51	269	41	268	7	‡	1	‡	#