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Grade 8 National Results

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Reading scores for White and Black students at all five selected percentiles were higher in 2011 than in 1992. The scores for White students at the 75th and 90th percentiles, for Black students at the 10th percentile, and for Hispanic students at the 10th, 25th, and 90th percentiles were higher in 2011 than in 2009.

Beginning in 2011, additional information on students’ race/ethnicity was collected from schools so that results could be reported separately for Asian students, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students, and students categorized as being two or more races (multiracial). These categorizations are consistent with guidelines from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. In order to allow comparisons of 2011 results for racial/ethnic groups to previous assessments, the Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students are combined into a single Asian/Pacific Islander category. Read more about this change.

Read specific descriptions of what eighth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced reading achievement levels.

Read more information on how to interpret NAEP reading results, including how each student group is defined.