2011 National Report Card Reading Results NAEP

2011 National Report Card Reading Results

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Nationally representative samples of 213,100 fourth-graders and 168,200 eighth-graders participated in the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading. At each grade, students responded to questions designed to measure their reading comprehension across two types of texts: literary and informational.

Author: National Center for Education Statistics
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Sample Students’ reading comprehension NAEP questions

NAEP Sample Questions booklets PDF

Assessment Year	Subject(s)
2012	economics (3567K PDF) long-term trend mathematics and reading (3108K PDF)
2011	mathematics and reading at grade 4 (4946K PDF) mathematics, reading, and science at grade 8 (4799K PDF) economics at grade 12 (3357K PDF)
2010	civics, geography, U.S. history, writing, mathematics at grade 4 (3837K PDF) civics, geography, U.S. history, mathematics at grade 8 (3656K PDF) civics, geography, U.S. history at grade 12 (3248K PDF)
2009	mathematics, reading, and science at grade 4 (969K PDF) mathematics, reading, and science at grade 8 (955K PDF) mathematics, reading, and science at grade 12 (926K PDF)
2008	music and visual arts assessment (602K PDF) long-term trend assessment in mathematics and reading (867K PDF)
2007	mathematics and reading at grade 4—part 1 (810K PDF) mathematics and reading at grade 4—part 2 (442K PDF) mathematics and reading at grade 4—part 3 (807K PDF) mathematics and reading at grade 4—part 4 (736K PDF)
2007	mathematics, reading, and writing at grade 8—part 1 (841K PDF) mathematics, reading, and writing at grade 8 part 2 (932K PDF) mathematics, reading, and writing at grade 8—part 3 (804K PDF) mathematics, reading, and writing at grade 8—part 4 (737K PDF)
2007	writing at grade 12—part 1 (1078K PDF) writing at grade 12—part 2 (56K PDF) writing at grade 12—part 3 (804K PDF) writing at grade 12—part 4 (736K PDF)
2007	mathematics in Puerto Rico at grade 4 (768K PDF)
2007	mathematics in Puerto Rico at grade 8 (831K PDF)
2006	civics, U.S. history, mathematics, reading at grade 4—part 1 (1,026K PDF) civics, U.S. history, mathematics, reading at grade 4—part 2 (668K PDF)
2006	civics, U.S. history, mathematics, reading, writing at grade 8—part 1 (392K PDF) civics, U.S. history, mathematics, reading, writing at grade 8—part 2 (849K PDF) civics, U.S. history, mathematics, reading, writing at grade 8—part 3 (658K PDF)
2006	civics, U.S. history, economics, mathematics, reading, writing at grade 12—part 1 (539K PDF) civics, U.S. history, economics, mathematics, reading, writing at grade 12—part 2 (849K PDF) civics, U.S. history, economics, mathematics, reading, writing at grade 12—part 3 (708K PDF)

Suggested CitationNational Center for Education Statistics (2011). The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2011  (NCES 2012–457). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.