Reading 2009 - African American Communication and Collaboration ...

GRADE
8
Figure 12. Trend in eighth-grade NAEP reading average scores
Scale score
500
270
260
250
240
0
Figure 13. Trend in eighth-grade NAEP reading percentile scores
Scale score
500
310
300
290
280
270
260
250
240
230
220
210
200
190
260*
285*
262*
237*
213*
260*
305 305 306 305 306 305 305 305
286
262*
236*
211*
264
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2009.
305
288
267
242
217
263
Accommodations not permitted
288
266
241*
216
264 263 262* 263* 264
’92 ’94 ’98 ’02 ’03 ’05 ’07 ’09
288
267
244
220
288
266
242*
217*
Accommodations permitted
286*
265*
240*
216*
287 288
265*
242* 243
217*
267
219
Year
Percentile
90th
75th
50th
25th
10th
Gains for lower- and
middle-performing
students
The average reading score for the nation’s
eighth-graders was 1 point higher in 2009
than in 2007 and 4 points higher than in
1992, but was not always significantly
different from the scores in all the assessment
years in between (figure 12).
As shown in figure 13, percentile scores
were higher in 2009 than in 2007 for
lower-performing students (those at the
10th and 25th percentiles) and middleperforming
students (those at the 50th percentile).
There were no significant changes
since 2007 for higher-performing students
(those at the 75th and the 90th percentiles).
In comparison to 1992, scores were higher
in 2009 for all but the highest-performing
students at the 90th percentile, where
there was no significant change.
Some improvement was also seen in
achievement-level results. The percentages
of students performing at or above Basic
and at or above Proficient each increased
1 percentage point from 2007 to 2009, and
were higher in 2009 than in 1992 (figure 14).
The percentage of students performing at
Advanced did not change from either 2007
or 1992.
0
’92 ’94 ’98 ’02 ’03 ’05 ’07 ’09
Accommodations not permitted Accommodations permitted
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2009.
Year
Figure 14. Trend in eighth-grade NAEP reading achievement-level performance
Percent
100
80
60
40
20
0
3
29*
69*
3
3
74
73*
74*
’92 ’94 ’98 ’02 ’03
* Significantly different (p < .05) from 2009.
NOTE: The percentage at Advanced was higher in 2003 (3.16) than in 2009 (2.79).
3
3
30* 33 32 33 32 31* 31*
70*
75
3*
3
73*
’05
3
3
32
74* 75
’07 ’09
Year
Accommodations
not permitted
% at Advanced
% at or above Proficient
% at or above Basic
Accommodations
permitted
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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