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Gaps Between White and Minority Students Unchanged

  • Scores for both White and Black students have declined since 1992. Apparent declines since 1992 for other racial/ethnic groups were not statistically significant.
  • The percentages of students performing at or above Proficient have decreased since 1992 for White students, but showed no significant change for other racial/ethnic student groups.
GRADE 12

Trend in twelfth-grade NAEP reading score gaps for White - Black students

Trend in twelfth-grade NAEP reading score gaps for White-Black students

* Significantly different from 2005.
NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. View complete data with standard errors for grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2005 Reading Assessments.

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