Change in twelfth-grade NAEP writing average scores, by student-reported highest level of parental education
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Findings
- With the exception of students who reported at least one parent graduated high school, the average score for each of the student-reported parental education categories was higher in 2007 than in 2002.
- Students with higher reported parental education levels outscored their peers who reported lower levels of parental education.
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002 and 2007 Writing Assessments.