Percentile scores for grade 8 vocabulary, by gender and jurisdiction: 2011 and 2009
Year
Gender
National
10th percentile
Standard Error
25th percentile
Standard Error
50th percentile
Standard Error
75th percentile
Standard Error
90th percentile
Standard Error
NOTE: The NAEP Vocabulary scale ranges from 0 to 500. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
statistically significant
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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), 2009 and 2011 Vocabulary Assessments.
2011
Male
214
(0.7)
240
(0.5)
265
(0.4)
290
(0.4)
310
(0.3)
2011
Female
219
(0.4)
243
(0.3)
268
(0.3)
292
(0.4)
313
(0.5)
2009
Male
211
(1.0)
238
(0.5)
265
(0.5)
290
(0.8)
311
(0.9)
2009
Female
217
(1.0)
243
(0.8)
270
(0.7)
294
(0.6)
316
(0.8)