Download or read book Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States, 1998 (NAEP) written by Patricia L. Donahue and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report by the National Center for Education Statistics on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the nation's only ongoing survey of what students know and can do in various academic subject areas. In 1998, NAEP conducted a national reading assessment of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students, and a state-by-state reading assessment of 4th- and 8th-grade students. This report presents the results of the 1998 NAEP reading assessment for the nation and for participating states or jurisdictions. Results in 1998 are compared to those in 1994 and 1992. Includes dozens of tables and figures.