Percentages at or above each achievement level for grade 8 reading, by gender and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1994, and 1992
Year	Jurisdiction	Male				Female
Year	Jurisdiction	below Basic	at or above Basic	at or above Proficient	at Advanced	below Basic	at or above Basic	at or above Proficient	at Advanced
— Not available. 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. 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), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011	National	28	72	29	2	20	80	38	5
2009	National	29	71	28	2	21	79	37	4
2007	National	31	69	26	2	21	79	36	4
2005	National	32	68	26	2	22	78	36	4
2003	National	31	69	27	2	21	79	38	4
2002	National	29	71	28	2	20	80	38	4
2000	National	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000¹	National	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	National	33	67	26	2	20	80	39	4
1998¹	National	32	68	27	2	19	81	40	4
1994¹	National	38	62	23	2	23	77	36	4
1992¹	National	36	64	23	2	24	76	35	4