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Figure 5. Trend in fourth-grade NAEP reading average scores and score gaps, by selected
racial/ethnic groups
Scale score
500
240
230
220
210
200
190
180
224* 224* 226* 225* 224*
32* 38*
33*32* 34*
192*
185*
193* 193*
190*
229*
30* 31*
199*
229* 229*
29*
198* 200*
231
27 26
230
203 205
WHITE
SCORE GAP
BLACK
Racial/ethnic gaps persist
The 26-point score gap in reading between
White and Black students in 2009 was not
significantly different from the gap in 2007
but was narrower than in all other earlier
assessment years (figure 5). The 25-point
score gap between White and Hispanic
students in 2009 was not found to be
significantly different from the gaps in
either 2007 or 1992.
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’92 ’94 ’98 ’00 ’02 ’03 ’05 ’07 ’09
Year
Scale score
500
240
230
220
210
200
190
180
229* 229* 229*
231 230
224* 224* 226* 225* 224*
27 35*
31*32 35*
28 28* 26 26 25
205 205
201*
203*
200*
197*
195* 193*
188*
190*
WHITE
SCORE GAP
HISPANIC
0
’92 ’94 ’98 ’00 ’02 ’03 ’05 ’07 ’09 Year
Accommodations not permitted Accommodations permitted
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2009.
NOTE: Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin.
Score gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scores.
Table 1. Percentage of students assessed in fourth-grade NAEP reading, by race/ethnicity: Various
years, 1992–2009
Race/ethnicity 1992 1 1994 1 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009
White 73* 72* 66* 63* 61* 60* 59* 58* 56
Black 17 17 15 17 17* 17 16 16 16
Hispanic 7* 7* 14* 14* 16* 17* 18* 19* 20
Asian/Pacific Islander 2* 3* 4 4 4* 4* 5 5 5
American Indian/
Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2009.
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Accommodations were not permitted in this assessment year.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Detail
may not sum to totals because results are not shown for students whose race/ethnicity was unclassified.
The percentage of White
fourth-graders decreased
from 73 percent in 1992 to
56 percent in 2009, and
the percentage of Hispanic
students increased from
7 to 20 percent over the
same period (table 1). The
percentage of Asian/Pacific
Islander students was also
higher in 2009 than in
1992. The percentage of
Black students in 2009 was
not significantly different
from 2007 or 1992.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2009 Reading Assessments.
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