Percentile scores for grade 4 vocabulary, by race/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reported and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
YearRace/ethnicity used to report trends, school-reportedNational
10th percentileStandard Error25th percentileStandard Error50th percentileStandard Error75th percentileStandard Error90th percentileStandard Error
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”. The NAEP Vocabulary scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 and 2011 Vocabulary Assessments.
2011White183(0.4)207(0.3)231(0.3)254(0.3)273(0.3)
2011 Black153(0.8)177(0.5)202(0.6)226(0.7)247(0.5)
2011 Hispanic151(0.9)176(0.6)202(0.7)227(0.8)249(1.1)
2011 Asian/Pacific Islander181(1.4)207(1.9)233(1.4)257(1.1)278(1.5)
2011 American Indian/Alaska Native151(2.3)176(2.2)203(2.1)229(1.4)251(2.1)
2011 Two or more races175(2.2)200(2.1)226(1.6)250(0.8)270(1.1)
2009White182(0.5)206(0.5)231(0.5)255(0.4)275(0.7)
2009 Black153(0.9)177(1.1)203(1.1)229(1.1)250(1.1)
2009 Hispanic147(1.6)173(1.2)200(0.9)227(0.8)249(0.8)
2009 Asian/Pacific Islander179(2.4)206(1.3)231(1.8)256(1.9)278(1.4)
2009 American Indian/Alaska Native154(2.9)179(3.5)208(3.6)235(4.4)259(3.9)
2009 Two or more races174(3.6)200(3.8)228(1.6)252(2.2)273(2.7)