Percentages at or above each achievement level for grade 8 reading, by parental education level, from 2 questions and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, 1998, 1994, and 1992
Year
Jurisdiction
Did not finish high school
Graduated high school
Some education after high school
Graduated college
Unknown
below Basic
at or above Basic
at or above Proficient
at Advanced
below Basic
at or above Basic
at or above Proficient
at Advanced
below Basic
at or above Basic
at or above Proficient
at Advanced
below Basic
at or above Basic
at or above Proficient
at Advanced
below Basic
at or above Basic
at or above Proficient
at Advanced
# Rounds to zero.
¹ Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
statistically significant
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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, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011
National
41
59
13
#
34
66
20
1
20
80
33
2
15
85
45
6
44
56
14
1
2009
National
41
59
14
#
34
66
19
1
20
80
33
2
16
84
44
5
46
54
14
#
2007
National
44
56
12
#
35
65
19
1
21
79
32
2
17
83
42
5
46
54
13
1
2005
National
46
54
12
#
36
64
19
1
22
78
32
2
18
82
42
5
48
52
12
#
2003
National
45
55
13
1
34
66
20
1
21
79
33
2
17
83
43
5
47
53
14
1
2002
National
42
58
14
#
31
69
21
1
19
81
34
2
16
84
44
5
43
57
14
#
1998
National
48
52
11
#
34
66
21
1
20
80
36
2
17
83
44
4
48
52
12
#
1998¹
National
48
52
11
#
34
66
22
1
19
81
36
2
16
84
45
5
50
50
12
#
1994¹
National
54
46
10
#
38
62
20
1
23
77
33
3
21
79
40
5
52
48
12
#
1992¹
National
49
51
13
1
39
61
19
1
24
76
32
3
20
80
40
5
55
45
12
#