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Percentages of fourth-graders at or above Basic and Proficient were higher in 2007 than in 1992 and 2005.
Grade 4
Grade 8

Trend in fourth-grade NAEP reading achievement-level performance

  Key. Accommodations not permitted. Top bar percent at or above Advanced. Middle bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic. Accommodations permitted. Top bar percent at or above Advanced. Middle bar percent at or above Proficient. Bottom bar percent at or above Basic.

 

 

Findings

  • The percentages of students both at or above Basic and at or above Proficient rose 5 points in 2007 compared with 1992.

* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: Difference calculated using unrounded numbers. View complete data with standard errors.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2007 Reading Assessments.

To read more about achievement levels and how they are set, see Reporting the Assessment—Scale Scores and Achievement Levels.

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