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Table 20

U.S. student mean scores in reading and math, Long-Term Trend and Main NAEP

	Reading		Math
	LTT	Main	LTT	Main
1971	255
1975	256
1978			264
1980	258
1981
1982			269
1984	257
1986			269
1988	257
1989
1990	257		270	263
1992	260	260	273	268
1993
1994	258	260	274
1996	258		274	271
1998		263
1999	259		276
2000				274
2001
2002		264
2003		263		278
2004	258		280
2005		262		279
2007		263		281
2008	260		281
2009		264		283
2011		265		284
Total change	4	5	17	21
Average annual change	0.04%	0.10%	0.19%	0.37%

Note: Not shown are years in which neither the Long-Term Trend (LTT) NAEP nor the Main NAEP was administered.

Source: Authors' analysis of National Center for Education Statistics' NAEP Data Explorer

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