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Few score changes noted across assessment years by student-reported parental education levels.

 Grade 8

Trend in eighth-grade NAEP reading average scores in Atlanta, by student-reported parental education level

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Findings

  • Students who reported having at least one parent with a college degree had a higher average score in 2007 than in 2002.
  • Students who reported having at least one parent with some education after high school had a higher average score in 2007 than in 2002.

View achievement-level results by parental education level for each district.

See a table showing the percentage of students in each district by student-reported parental education levels.

To read more details related to students' responses to background questions about parental education levels, see NAEP Reporting Groups.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: Fourth-graders were not asked to indicate their parents' education level. View complete data with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 2002–2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessments.

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