Average scale scores and percentages for age 9 long-term trend reading, by read for fun on your own time, gender and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, and 1984
GenderYearJurisdictionAlmost every dayOnce or twice a weekOnce or twice a monthA few times a yearNever or hardly ever
Average scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard ErrorAverage scale scoreStandard ErrorPercentageStandard Error
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: The NAEP Long-Term Trend Reading scale ranges from 0 to 500. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be statistically significant. Analyze results with NAEP Data Explorer.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments.
Male2012National223(1.3)47(1.1)224(1.4)22(0.8)221(2.4)8(0.6)210(2.6)8(0.6)207(2.1)15(0.6)
Male 2008National221(1.8)41(0.8)221(1.5)24(0.7)220(2.6)8(0.4)210(2.8)9(0.5)211(1.6)19(0.8)
Male 2004¹National218(2.2)50(2.0)223(3.2)25(1.8)(†)8(0.8)(†)7(1.1)203(6.1)10(1.1)
Male 1999¹National209(3.2)45(2.3)211(4.0)29(2.3)(†)8(1.0)(†)5(1.2)196(4.3)13(1.2)
Male 1996¹National208(2.2)51(2.3)208(3.6)28(2.3)(†)10(1.4)(†)2(0.8)(†)9(1.3)
Male 1994¹National211(3.2)49(2.7)212(4.4)28(2.4)(†)7(0.9)(†)5(1.1)191(4.6)11(1.0)
Male 1992¹National210(2.7)48(1.7)211(2.7)33(2.0)(†)6(0.9)(†)4(0.7)193(5.4)9(1.1)
Male 1990¹National207(2.9)46(2.7)207(4.5)28(2.1)(†)7(0.8)(†)4(0.9)190(5.0)15(1.4)
Male 1988¹National205(2.6)47(2.2)207(3.2)27(1.8)(†)11(1.4)(†)5(0.9)(†)11(1.7)
Male 1984¹National212(1.7)49(1.4)211(2.4)28(1.0)200(4.5)8(1.0)199(4.9)4(0.5)199(3.8)11(0.8)
Female2012National228(0.9)58(0.9)228(1.4)23(0.8)217(2.5)6(0.4)213(2.2)6(0.3)210(2.7)7(0.4)
Female 2008National228(1.1)54(0.9)228(1.6)23(0.7)223(2.1)7(0.5)215(2.5)7(0.5)212(2.0)9(0.6)
Female 2004¹National223(2.1)57(2.2)224(2.3)27(1.7)(†)5(0.8)(†)4(0.7)(†)6(0.8)
Female 1999¹National220(3.0)63(2.4)220(2.7)22(1.9)(†)4(0.7)(†)3(0.7)(†)8(1.3)
Female 1996¹National217(2.6)57(2.2)216(3.7)25(2.5)(†)6(1.1)(†)4(0.9)(†)7(1.1)
Female 1994¹National218(2.4)65(2.0)216(3.7)23(2.0)(†)4(1.0)(†)1(0.4)(†)7(1.1)
Female 1992¹National218(1.9)64(1.7)214(2.9)23(1.5)(†)5(0.7)(†)3(0.5)(†)5(0.8)
Female 1990¹National222(2.8)63(2.0)217(3.9)23(1.7)(†)4(1.0)(†)3(0.6)(†)8(1.1)
Female 1988¹National219(2.3)61(2.6)217(4.3)26(2.6)(†)3(0.6)(†)3(0.7)(†)8(0.9)
Female 1984¹National216(1.4)58(1.5)212(1.6)27(1.2)208(5.4)6(0.5)(†)2(0.3)197(4.1)7(0.6)