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  • Reading scores were higher in 2007 than in 1992 at grades 4 and 8. More...
  • The percentage of fourth- and eighth-grade students at or above Basic was higher in 2007 than in 1992 and 2005. More...
  • At both grades 4 and 8, scores for White, Black, and Hispanic students were higher in 2007 than in 1992. See changes in performance gaps and more...
  • Average scores were higher in 2007 than in 2005 for 18 jurisdictions at grade 4 and 6 jurisdictions at grade 8. More...

As the key that allows access to many forms of knowledge and information, reading literacy is perhaps the skill most critical to learning. The NAEP reading assessment measures reading comprehension by asking students to read passages and answer questions about what they have read.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
National Assessment Governing Board
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education