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Fourth graders who scored below proficient reading level by school income in United States

Fourth graders who scored below proficient reading level by school income

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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.

Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

Fourth grade public school students who scored below the proficient level in reading, as measured and defined by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), by school income.

For a more detailed description of achievement levels see: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/Reading/achieveall.asp. Public schools include charter schools and exclude Bureau of Indian Education schools and Department of Defense Education Activity schools. Schools that receive Title I funding include those with high rates of low-income children who receive funds to support school-wide programs. Schools that do not receive Title I funding include those that do not receive funding for either school-wide programs or to target help for individual students.

Data Source

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).  Available online at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

Notes

Updated November 2022.
S – NAEP reporting standards not met.
N.A. – Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval file may be found at Fourth graders who scored below proficient reading level by school income.

Last Updated

November 2022