This report provides selected results from the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for Kentucky's public-school students at grades 4 and 8. Since 1992, reading has been assessed in four different years at the state level (at grade 4 in 1992 and 1994, and at both grades 4 and 8 in 1998 and 2002). Kentucky participated in all of these assessments at grades 4 and 8 and met the criteria for reporting public-school results for both grades. Key findings for grade 4 are: the average scale score for students in Kentucky was 219, which was higher than that of 1992 (213) and was not found to differ significantly from that of 1998 (218); students' scale scores in Kentucky were higher than those in 17 jurisdictions, lower than those in 13 jurisdictions, and the difference was not found to be significant for 17 jurisdictions; and the percentage of students in Kentucky who performed at or above the "Proficient" level was 30%, which was greater than that in 1992 (23%) and was not found to differ significantly than that in 1998 (29%). Key findings for grade 8 are: the average scale score for students in Kentucky was 265, which was not found to differ significantly from that in 1998 (262); students' scale scores in Kentucky were higher than those in 19 jurisdictions, lower than those in 10 jurisdictions, and the difference was not found to be significant for 17 jurisdictions; and the percentage of students in Kentucky who performed at or above the "Proficient" level was 32%, which was not found to differ significantly from that in 1998 (30%). After an introduction, the report presents overall results, comparisons between states, reading performance by demographic characteristics, and it discusses moving toward a more inclusive NAEP, and where to find more information. (PM)