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The charts below allow for comparisons to be made between district scores and the scores for the nation and large cities nationally.

  • In the Comparison of National Results tab below, average scores for students in large cities and various districts are compared to the national average scores. An up or down arrow for each student group indicates whether scores in the district were higher or lower than the national average.
  • In the Comparisons of Large City Results tab, an up or down arrow for each student group indicates whether scores in the district were higher or lower than the average score for students in large cities nationally.

See district results for grade 4 for a more detailed report with average scores, achievement level, and percentile results for the nation, large cities, and districts.

Grade 4

 Even though most participating districts performed below the national average overall, scores for student groups in some districts were higher than the scores for their peers in the nation.

  • For example, the average score for lower-income students (i.e., those eligible for the National School Lunch Program) in Boston was higher than the score for lower-income students nationally, even though the overall average score for the district was lower than the nation.
  • Only Detroit and Philadelphia had lower scores for all categories of students by race/ethnicity and eligibility for the National School Lunch Program with samples large enough to report results.

 

Comparison of district and national average scores for fourth-grade public school students in NAEP reading, by selected student groups: 2009

Comparison of district and national average scores for fourth-grade public school students in NAEP reading, by selected student groups: 2009

NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. The NAEP Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.

View complete data (234KB XLS).
Read more information on how to interpret NAEP reading results, including how each student group is defined.