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Scores varied by family income
Grade 8

Eighth-grade NAEP writing achievement-level results, by eligibility for the National School Lunch Program: 2007

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Findings

  • A smaller percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch performed at or above both Basic and Proficient in 2007 than those not eligible for the program.
  • A smaller percentage of students eligible for free lunch performed at or above both Basic and Proficient in 2007 than those eligible for reduced-price school lunch.

# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: A student's eligibility for the National School Lunch Program, which offers free or reduced-price lunch to students from lower-income families, is used as an indicator of poverty. 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), 2007 Writing Assessment.

NAEP does not report results for twelfth-grade students based on eligibility for the National School Lunch Program. To read more information, see NAEP reporting groups.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

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