Order		Cross- jurisdiction significant difference	Number of Jurisdictions Significantly			White average scale score			Black average scale score			White - Black Gap average scale score
			higher	not different	lower	2011	1992¹	2011 - 1992¹	2011	1992¹	2011 - 1992¹	2011	1992¹	2011 - 1992¹
			higher	not different	lower
1 California	California	>	0	1	2	229	217	12	208	181	28	21	36	-15
2 Florida	Florida	>	0	1	2	235	218	17	209	185	25	25	33	-7
National public	National public		2	2	0	230	223	7	205	191	14	25	32	-7
3 Texas	Texas	x	2	1	0	233	223	10	210	199	11	22	24	-2
4 New York	New York	x	2	1	0	232	226	6	208	199	9	24	27	-3
N/A Illinois	Illinois	‡	‡	‡	‡	231	—	—	198	—	—	33	—	—
— Not available.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the “two or more races” category were categorized as “unclassified”. National public is not included in sorting the jurisdictions. Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded scores.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992 and 2011 Reading Assessments.