Table 1

Improvement in NAEP Long Term Trends tests: Changes in average test scores

Panel A. NAEP Reading, 1971-2004 (original assessment); 2004-2012 (new assessment)
All Students White Black Hispanic
Original assessment
1971—1975
Age 9 2 – – –
Age 13 1 – – –
Age 17 0 – – –
1975—1980
Age 9 5 5 8 7
Age 13 3 2 7 5
Age 17 0 0 2 9
1980—1984
Age 9 -4 -3 -4 -3
Age 13 -1 -2 3 2
Age 17 3 3 20 7
1984—1988
Age 9 1 0 3 7
Age 13 0 -1 7 0
Age 17 1 -1 11 3
1988—1992
Age 9 -1 0 -4 -2
Age 13 2 5 -5 -1
Age 17 0 3 -14 0
1992—1996
Age 9 2 2 6 3
Age 13 -2 0 -4 -1
Age 17 -2 -2 6 -6
1996—1999
Age 9 -1 1 -5 -2
Age 13 1 1 4 6
Age 17 0 0 -2 5
1999—2004
Age 9 7 5 15 12
Age 13 -1 -1 6 -1
Age 17 -3 -2 0 -7
New assessment
2004—2008
Age 9 4 4 7 8
Age 13 3 3 8 1
Age 17 3 6 4 2
2008—2012
Age 9 1 1 2 1
Age 13 3 2 0 7
Age 17 1 0 3 5
Panel B. NAEP Mathematics, 1978-2004 (original assessment); 2004-2012 (new assessment)
All Students White Black Hispanic
Original assessment
1978—1982
Age 9 0 0 3 1
Age 13 4 3 11 14
Age 17 -2 -2 3 0
1982—1986
Age 9 3 3 7 1
Age 13 0 -1 9 2
Age 17 3 4 7 6
1986—1990
Age 9 8 8 7 8
Age 13 1 3 0 0
Age 17 3 2 10 0
1990—1994
Age 9 1 2 4 -4
Age 13 4 4 2 1
Age 17 2 3 -3 7
1994—1999
Age 9 1 2 -1 3
Age 13 2 2 -1 3
Age 17 2 2 -2 2
1999—2004
Age 9 9 9 13 17
Age 13 5 5 11 6
Age 17 -1 -1 2 -3
New assessment
2004—2008
Age 9 4 5 3 5
Age 13 2 3 5 4
Age 17 1 3 3 1
2008—2012
Age 9 1 2 2 0
Age 13 4 3 2 3
Age 17 0 0 1 1
Panel C. Summary of improvements
All Students White Black Hispanic
Reading
Original assessment
1975—1999
Age 9 2 4 4 10
Age 13 3 5 12 11
Age 17 2 2 23 18
1975—2004
Age 9 9 10 19 23
Age 13 3 4 19 10
Age 17 -1 0 23 11
New assessment
2004—2012
Age 9 5 5 9 9
Age 13 6 5 8 8
Age 17 6 6 7 7
Mathematics
Original assessment
1978—1999
Age 9 13 15 19 10
Age 13 12 12 21 21
Age 17 8 9 15 16
1978—2004
Age 9 23 23 32 27
Age 13 17 17 32 27
Age 17 6 8 17 13
New assessment
2004—2012
Age 9 5 7 5 5
Age 13 6 6 7 7
Age 17 1 3 4 2
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: The NAEP Long-Term Trends assessments changed in 2004, so that post-2004 figures are not directly comparable with pre-2004 trends. For more on this, see https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/howdevelop.aspx.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/lttdata/.

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