Each state and jurisdiction that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2011 reading assessment receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. Overall results, achievement level percentages and average score results, comparison of the average score in 2011 to other states/jurisdictions, average scores for state/jurisdiction and nation (public), results for student groups in 2011, and score gaps for student groups are included. In 2011, the average score of eighth-grade students in North Carolina was 263. This was not significantly different from the average score of 264 for public school students in the nation. The average score for students in North Carolina in 2011 (263) was higher than their average score in 2009 (260) and was not significantly different from their average score in 1998 (262). In 2011, the score gap between students in North Carolina at the 75th percentile and students at the 25th percentile was 45 points. This performance gap was not significantly different from that of 1998 (44 points). The percentage of students in North Carolina who performed at or above the NAEP Proficient level was 31 percent in 2011. This percentage was not significantly different from that in 2009 (29 percent) and was not significantly different from that in 1998 (30 percent). The percentage of students in North Carolina who performed at or above the NAEP Basic level was 74 percent in 2011. This percentage was greater than that in 2009 (70 percent) and was not significantly different from that in 1998 (74 percent). [For the main report, "The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2011. National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grades 4 and 8. NCES 2012-457," see ED525544.].