Grade 12 National Results

View student performance by various student groups, including gender, race/ethnicity, type of school (public or private), parental education, type of location, students with disabilities (SD), and English language learners (ELL).
Below each figure, click the button for "chart options" to see the data displayed in other chart formats.
To conduct a significance test using the NAEP Data Explorer, click on the link under each table below.

Student Disability Status

English Language Learners

Female twelfth-graders had higher average scores than male twelfth-graders in 2011. See additional comparisons for gender.

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Read specific descriptions of what twelfth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced writing achievement levels.

Read more information on how to interpret NAEP writing results, including how each student group is defined.