NAEP average 8th grade reading scores

Maryland public school students' reading scores exceeded their national peers' with statistical significance from 2007 to 2015 and again in 2019.

Scores are from assessments given to representative samples of students and are on a 0-500 scale. 1992 and 1994 scores are from assessments that lacked accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners, which led to the exclusion of some students.
Source: The Nation's Report CardGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper