Reading Scores Are Among the Nation’s Best

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Compared to New Jersey, only one other state in the nation has a statistically higher proportion of public school 4th graders scoring at the highest two levels in reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Furthermore, only one other state has an average score that is statistically higher than New Jersey on the 4th Grade Reading Exam.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics. 2017 NAEP Reading: Nation’s Report Card. April 2018

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