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The table below shows the number of states/jurisdictions with score increases or decreases in 2022 and how many states/jurisdictions scored higher, lower, or not significantly different than the nation (public) in NAEP reading.
State Profiles. Find key data for state/jurisdiction performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in mathematics, reading, writing, and science at grades 4, 8 and 12 (where applicable). View trends and demographics, download snapshot reports, and compare results for each state/jurisdiction to the nation and ...
In 2022, reading and mathematics scores for students at all five selected percentile levels declined compared to 2020. In both subjects, scores for lower-performing age 9 students declined more than scores for higher-performing students compared to 2020.
Table 221.12 (Digest 2022): Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scale score and percentage of students attaining NAEP reading achievement levels, by selected school and student characteristics and grade: Selected years, 1992 through 2022;
The average reading score for grade-four public school students was 219. [44] Female students had an average score that was 7 points higher than male students. Students who were eligible for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) had an average score that was 28 points lower than that for students who were not eligible.
In 2022, U.S. students at 90th and 75th percentiles performed, on average, higher in reading literacy than U.S. students in the same percentile groups in 2015 and 2012; students at the 90th percentile also scored higher than the same percentile group in 2009 and 2003.
In 2022, average reading scores were lower for both fourth- and eighth-grade students compared to 2019: scores were lower by 3 point at both grades. Average scores at both grades were not significantly different in comparison to the first reading assessment in 1992.
