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Scores for both male and female eighth-graders higher in 2007 than in both previous assessments

Grade 8
 Grade 12

Trend in eighth-grade NAEP writing achievement-level results, by gender

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Findings

  • Higher percentages of both male and female students performed at or above Basic, at or above Proficient, and at Advanced in 2007 than in 1998.
  • Higher percentages of both male and female students performed at or above Basic in 2007 than in 2002.

# Rounds to zero.
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2007.
NOTE: 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), 1998, 2002, and 2007 Writing 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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