NAEP 2005 Assessment Results - Reading Grade 12: Student Group Results: English Language Learners

National Student Groups

Reading

Mathematics

9 of 10

Gender

Race/
Ethnicity

Region

Parental Education
Level

Students With
Disabilities

English Language
Learners

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Average Reading Scores and Achievement-Level Results for English Language Learners

At grade 12, students identified as being English language learners (ELL) who could be assessed in 2005 had average scores that were not significantly different than those in 2002 or 1998.

GRADE 12

Average Scale
Scores

Achievement
Levels

Trend in twelfth-grade average NAEP reading scores, by students' status as English language learners

Trend in twelfth-grade average NAEP reading scores, by English language learners

* Significantly different from 2005.
NOTE: ELL = English language learners. Prior to 2005, students were identified as either ELL or non-ELL; in 2005, students were identified as ELL, non-ELL, or formerly ELL, and the last two categories were collapsed for reporting. The results for ELL are based on students who were assessed and cannot be generalized to the total population of such students. View complete data with standard errors for grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1998, 2002, and 2005 Reading Assessments.

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View information about the percentages of English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed at the national level.