Education Week: NAEP Reading Results

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Published Online: March 24, 2010

Updated: March 25, 2010

NAEP Reading Results Deemed Disappointing

By Catherine Gewertz

Reading scores stayed flat for 4th graders and rose only slightly for 8th graders on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, results that some find disappointing after many years of intensive attention to improving the reading skills of American students.

The report released today on NAEP, commonly known as “the nation’s report card,” shows that 8th graders scored 264, on average, on a 500-point scale on the 2009 exam. That is 1 point higher than the last time the reading test was given, in 2007. At the 4th grade level, 2009 reading scores averaged 221, the same as in 2007.

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Education Week: NAEP Reading Results Deemed Disappointing