Percentile scores for grade 12 reading, by sex and jurisdiction: 2009, 2005, 2002, 1998, 1994, and 1992
Year
Jurisdiction
Male
Female
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
¹ Accommodations were not permitted for this assessment.
NOTE: The NAEP 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), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005, and 2009 Reading Assessments.
2009
National
230
(1.0)
257
(0.8)
285
(1.0)
310
(0.8)
330
(1.1)
247
(0.8)
271
(0.8)
296
(1.0)
319
(0.8)
339
(1.0)
2005
National
227
(2.3)
254
(0.9)
282
(0.9)
306
(1.1)
327
(1.3)
245
(1.2)
269
(1.3)
294
(0.8)
318
(0.7)
338
(1.0)
2002
National
229
(2.1)
255
(1.1)
281
(1.5)
305
(1.2)
324
(1.4)
248
(1.1)
272
(1.2)
297
(1.1)
319
(0.9)
339
(1.2)
1998
National
230
(2.0)
258
(1.2)
285
(1.0)
309
(0.8)
329
(1.6)
251
(2.0)
275
(1.2)
300
(0.9)
323
(0.9)
342
(1.4)
1998¹
National
232
(1.5)
259
(1.3)
285
(1.4)
309
(1.4)
329
(1.2)
253
(1.6)
276
(1.0)
301
(0.6)
323
(0.9)
342
(0.8)
1994¹
National
231
(1.3)
257
(1.1)
283
(1.2)
306
(1.0)
325
(1.1)
247
(1.5)
272
(1.5)
296
(0.8)
319
(1.0)
338
(1.8)
1992¹
National
243
(1.6)
265
(0.9)
289
(0.8)
310
(0.8)
328
(0.8)
255
(1.2)
276
(1.3)
299
(1.1)
319
(1.0)
337
(1.2)