Percentile scores for age 13 long-term trend reading, by grade level [MODGRD2] and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1975, and 1971
Year
Jurisdiction
7th grade or below
8th grade
9th grade or above
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
10th Percentile
Standard Error
25th Percentile
Standard Error
50th Percentile
Standard Error
75th Percentile
Standard Error
90th Percentile
Standard Error
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: The NAEP Long-Term Trend 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), 1971, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments.
2012
National
202
(2.9)
227
(1.2)
253
(1.8)
277
(1.2)
297
(1.8)
226
(1.3)
248
(1.1)
272
(1.1)
294
(1.3)
314
(2.0)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
2008
National
200
(3.2)
226
(1.4)
252
(1.5)
277
(1.0)
299
(1.0)
222
(1.2)
244
(1.0)
267
(0.8)
290
(1.1)
310
(1.9)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
2004
National
194
(2.9)
221
(1.4)
248
(1.7)
274
(1.2)
296
(1.9)
216
(1.6)
240
(1.7)
265
(0.7)
288
(1.6)
308
(1.5)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
2004¹
National
200
(2.5)
224
(1.6)
250
(2.8)
274
(1.7)
296
(1.0)
218
(2.2)
242
(1.2)
266
(1.4)
289
(1.5)
309
(1.5)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1999¹
National
196
(4.4)
222
(2.5)
248
(1.9)
273
(1.9)
295
(5.3)
219
(2.9)
243
(2.1)
268
(1.5)
293
(1.9)
313
(1.6)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1996¹
National
193
(3.2)
220
(1.4)
247
(2.4)
273
(1.0)
295
(2.0)
218
(3.9)
242
(1.4)
267
(1.1)
291
(1.7)
311
(2.4)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1994¹
National
192
(2.7)
218
(2.1)
246
(1.6)
270
(2.0)
292
(3.4)
222
(2.6)
246
(1.3)
270
(1.1)
294
(1.3)
314
(1.6)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1992¹
National
191
(3.5)
217
(2.3)
244
(2.7)
270
(2.4)
291
(3.2)
229
(1.4)
249
(1.6)
273
(1.7)
295
(1.3)
315
(1.7)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1990¹
National
196
(4.5)
219
(2.2)
244
(1.5)
266
(1.2)
287
(1.7)
223
(1.7)
243
(1.0)
266
(1.9)
288
(1.1)
308
(1.3)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1988¹
National
200
(2.2)
221
(1.8)
242
(1.5)
265
(3.1)
286
(2.8)
226
(1.2)
245
(1.5)
267
(1.6)
289
(1.7)
308
(1.6)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1984¹
National
195
(1.4)
216
(1.0)
240
(0.8)
263
(1.1)
283
(1.1)
226
(1.0)
246
(0.7)
267
(0.5)
289
(0.7)
307
(0.8)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
1980¹
National
195
(2.7)
216
(2.1)
240
(1.6)
263
(1.3)
284
(2.1)
224
(1.4)
245
(1.0)
267
(1.0)
288
(0.7)
307
(0.8)
235
(17.4)
256
(9.1)
273
(9.4)
297
(13.5)
317
(16.0)
1975¹
National
187
(1.5)
209
(1.6)
233
(1.4)
256
(1.0)
276
(1.0)
223
(1.2)
244
(0.8)
266
(0.8)
286
(0.9)
305
(1.0)
226
(16.8)
256
(13.1)
280
(6.1)
303
(5.9)
323
(5.4)
1971¹
National
186
(2.1)
207
(1.4)
231
(1.0)
252
(0.9)
271
(1.5)
224
(1.3)
245
(0.8)
266
(0.8)
286
(0.8)
304
(0.7)
239
(4.9)
260
(5.3)
280
(3.6)
298
(4.1)
315
(6.4)