Percentile scores for grade 8 reading, by all students and jurisdiction: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1994, and 1992
YearJurisdictionAll students
10th percentileStandard Error25th percentileStandard Error50th percentileStandard Error75th percentileStandard Error90th percentileStandard Error
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
NOTE: The NAEP Reading 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), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 Reading Assessments.
2009National219(0.5)243(0.4)267(0.3)288(0.4)305(0.4)
2007National217(0.4)242(0.3)265(0.2)287(0.2)305(0.2)
2005National216(0.3)240(0.2)265(0.2)286(0.2)305(0.2)
2003National217(0.6)242(0.3)266(0.3)288(0.3)306(0.2)
2002National220(0.5)244(0.5)267(0.5)288(0.4)305(0.5)
2000National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
2000¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
1998National216(1.7)241(0.7)266(0.7)288(1.0)306(0.8)
1998¹National217(1.9)242(0.9)267(0.8)288(0.6)305(1.0)
1994¹National211(1.9)236(1.1)262(0.7)286(1.1)305(1.2)
1992¹National213(1.2)237(1.1)262(1.1)285(0.8)305(1.3)