Wyoming Vocabulary 2011 - Grade 4 Report - Regional Snapshot

Oct 1, 2026

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Wyoming fourth-grade vocabulary performance in 2011 is assessed using NAEP, which measures how specific words contribute meaning within reading passages rather than testing isolated written definitions. The report compares Wyoming results with national outcomes and highlights subgroup differences across gender, ethnicity, and eligibility for free or reduced-price school meals. Wyoming’s overall average scale score was statistically similar to the national average, with notable differences for White students and lunch eligibility groups. Regional comparisons show states where vocabulary reading scores were reliably higher, lower, or not statistically different from Wyoming.

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Wyoming and National Results

Student Group Comparisons

Student Groups in Wyoming

Results by Gender, Ethnicity, and School Lunch Eligibility

Regional Snapshot

Results and Legend

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Wyoming
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WY-US St ud en t Ga ps Snap s hot | | | | The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) uses both multiple choice questions to assess fourth graders’ vocabulary skills. Specifically, students are not asked to provide written definitions of words in isolation. Instead, NAEP focuses upon distinctions and nuances of word meaning arising within the context of student reading tasks or passages. Each vocabulary question asks how a particular word contributes meaning to all or part of the passage in which it appears. | |
Student Grou p Com parisons | | | Wyoming and National Results | | | |

Wyoming
Nation

180 190 200 210 220 230 240
Average Scale Scores | | | ► In 2011, Wyoming’s fourth graders’ average scale score in vocabulary was statistically the same as grade four students nationally.
► Demographically, Wyoming fourth graders performed the same as their peers nationally in four student groups: male and female students, Hispanic students, students from low income families (i.e. , students qualifying for free or reduced price meals from the National School Lunch Program.
► Wyoming average scale scores were lower than the rest of the nation in two of the State’s largest students groups: White students (80% of Wyoming’s 4th graders assessed in NAEP reading) and more affluent students (i.e. , students not qualifying for free or reduced price meals from the National School Lunch Program—59% of Wyoming’s 4th graders assessed) .
► Native American students—a much smaller group, 4% of Wyoming’s grade four students—also scored lower in NAEP vocabulary than their peers nationally. | Results are based on statistical tests which account for standard errors related to NAEP’s sampling procedures. For additional results and more information about Wyoming NAEP, please visit: [http://edu.wyoming.gov/Programs/statewide_assessment_system/naep.aspx](http://edu.wyoming.gov/Programs/statewide_assessment_system/naep.aspx). | | | | | --- | --- | --- | |
Wyoming
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Student Grou ps Snapshot | | | | | The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) uses both multiple choice questions to assess fourth graders’ vocabulary skills. Specifically, students are not asked to provide written definitions of words in isolation. Instead, NAEP focuses upon distinctions and nuances of word meaning arising within the context of student reading tasks or passages. Each vocabulary question asks how a particular word contributes meaning to all or part of the passage in which it appears. | | |
Student Grou ps in Wyoming | | | |

191 205
219
220
217
22
NAEP Scale Sc 2
ores 226 208

All Students GENDER Female Male ETHNICITY White
Hispanic
Am. Indian SCHOOL LUNCH
Not Eligible
Eligible
170 180 190 200 210 220 230 | | | | | ►
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► | On the NAEP 2011 vocabulary assessment, the average scale score of fourth grade female students in Wyoming (220) was statistically the same as male students (217) .
The average vocabulary scale score of fourth grade White students in Wyoming (222) was higher than their Hispanic (205) and Native American (191) peers. Sampling was not sufficient to permit reporting of meaning vocabulary performance for fourth grade Black and Asian students.
Wyoming fourth graders not eligible for free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program had a higher average meaning vocabulary scale score (226) than students qualifying for the lunch program (208) . | | | | | Results are based on statistical tests which account for standard errors related to NAEP’s sampling procedures. For additional results and more information about Wyoming NAEP, please visit: [http://edu.wyoming.gov/Programs/statewide_assessment_system/naep.aspx](http://edu.wyoming.gov/Programs/

FAQs

Which student groups showed different vocabulary performance in Wyoming?

In Wyoming, average vocabulary scale scores were higher for White students than for Hispanic and Native American peers, and students not eligible for free or reduced-price meals scored higher than those who were eligible.

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by Marglet