NAEP - TUDA Reading Mathematics 2005: Reading Results by Race/Ethnicity

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District Reading Results by Race/Ethnicity

At grade 4, compared to students of the same race/ethnicity in large central city schools...

White students in Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, the District of Columbia, and Houston had higher average scores. White students in Cleveland had a lower average score.
Black students in Boston, Charlotte, Houston, and New York City had higher average scores. Black students in Chicago, the District of Columbia, and Los Angeles had lower average scores.
Hispanic students in Austin, Charlotte, and New York City had higher average scores. Hispanic students in Los Angeles had a lower average score.
Asian/Pacific Islander students in New York City had a higher average score.

At grade 8, compared to students of the same race/ethnicity in large central city schools…

White students in Austin, Charlotte, the District of Columbia, and Houston had higher average scores.
Black students in the District of Columbia had a lower average score.
Hispanic students in Chicago had a higher average score. Hispanic students in Los Angeles had a lower average score.
Asian/Pacific Islander students in Boston had a higher average score.

Grade 4

Average scale scores and percentage of White students within each achievement level in reading,
grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005

* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from nation (public schools).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities, and achievement levels in districts and the nation or in large central cities.

Average scale scores and percentage of Black students within each achievement level in reading, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005

# The estimate rounds to zero.
* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from nation (public schools).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities, and achievement levels in districts and the nation or in large central cities.

Average scale scores and percentage of Hispanic students within each achievement level in reading, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005

‡ Reporting standards not met.
* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from nation (public schools).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities, and achievement levels in districts and the nation or in large central cities.

Average scale scores and percentage of Asian/Pacific Islander students within each achievement level in reading, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005

White-Black gap in average reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, various years, 2002–2005

White average score minus Black average score

White-Black gap in average reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, various years, 2002–2005

Score gaps

‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Some of the TUDA districts include a few public schools located outside of large central cities as defined by the Census Bureau (population of 250,000 or more within metropolitan areas). These schools are included in the category of "large central city" for all years, but were not included in previously published results. As a result, some numbers reported on this website may differ slightly from those reported earlier on the web and in print.
² The district did not participate in 2002 or 2003.
NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scale scores.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in each district: Atlanta, Austin,
Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, District of Columbia, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Diego.

White-Hispanic gap in average reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, various years, 2002–2005

White average score minus Hispanic average score

White-Hispanic gap in average reading scores, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, various years, 2002–2005

Score gaps

Percentage of students by race/ethnicity, reading assessment, grade 4 public schools: By urban district, 2005
District	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Unclassified¹
Nation	57	17	19	4	1	1
Large central city	21	32	38	7	1	1
Atlanta	11	85	4	1	#	#
Austin	30	15	52	3	#	#
Boston	12	46	32	10	#	#
Charlotte	40	43	11	3	1	2
Chicago	9	48	41	3	#	#
Cleveland	19	70	9	#	#	1
District of Columbia	4	85	9	2	#	#
Houston	12	33	51	3	#	#
Los Angeles	9	10	74	7	#	#
New York City	15	35	38	12	#	#
San Diego	22	12	47	18	#	#
# The estimate rounds to zero.
¹ "Unclassified" students are those whose school-reported race/ethnicity was "other" or "unavailable," or was missing, and whose race/ethnicity category could not be determined from self-reported information.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

Grade 8

Average scale scores and percentage of White students within each achievement level in reading, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005

Average scale scores and percentage of Black students within each achievement level in reading, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005

Average scale scores and percentage of Hispanic students within each achievement level in reading, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005

# The estimate rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
* Average scores are significantly different from large central city public schools.
** Average scores are significantly different from nation (public schools).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The shaded bars are graphed using unrounded numbers.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in districts and the nation or in large central cities, and achievement levels in districts and the nation or in large central cities.

Average scale scores and percentage of Asian/Pacific Islander students within each achievement level in reading, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005

White-Black gap in average reading scores, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, various years, 2002–2005

White average score minus Black average score

Score gaps

‡ Reporting standards not met.
* Score gap is significantly different from 2005.
¹ Some of the TUDA districts include a few public schools located outside of large central cities as defined by the Census Bureau (population of 250,000 or more within metropolitan areas). These schools are included in the category of "large central city" for all years, but were not included in previously published results. As a result, some numbers reported on this website may differ slightly from those reported earlier on the web and in print.
² The district did not participate in 2002 or 2003.
NOTE: Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scale scores.
DATA: View complete data with standard errors for scale scores in each district: Atlanta, Austin,
Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, District of Columbia, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City,
and San Diego.

White-Hispanic gap in average reading scores, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, various years, 2002–2005

White average score minus Hispanic average score

Score gaps

Percentage of students by race/ethnicity, reading assessment, grade 8 public schools: By urban district, 2005
District	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Unclassified¹
Nation	60	17	17	4	1	1
Large central city	24	32	36	7	1	#
Atlanta	4	92	2	1	#	1
Austin	35	12	50	4	#	#
Boston	15	45	29	10	#	#
Charlotte	40	46	9	4	#	1
Chicago	11	46	39	4	#	#
Cleveland	15	75	9	#	#	1
District of Columbia	3	89	6	1	#	#
Houston	9	31	56	3	#	#
Los Angeles	10	11	72	7	#	#
New York City	16	35	37	12	#	#
San Diego	25	13	44	17	#	#
# The estimate rounds to zero.
¹ "Unclassified" students are those whose school-reported race/ethnicity was "other" or "unavailable," or was missing, and whose race/ethnicity category could not be determined from self-reported information.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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