Average scale scores and percentages for age 9 long-term trend reading, by read for fun on your own time and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, and 1984
YearJurisdictionAlmost 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.
2012National226(0.9)53(0.8)226(0.9)23(0.6)219(2.0)7(0.4)211(1.9)7(0.3)208(1.9)11(0.4)
2008National225(1.2)48(0.7)225(1.3)23(0.6)221(1.7)8(0.3)212(2.0)8(0.4)211(1.2)14(0.6)
2004¹National220(1.5)54(1.6)224(2.2)26(1.2)216(4.6)7(0.5)209(4.6)5(0.7)203(4.4)8(0.8)
1999¹National215(2.4)54(1.6)215(2.6)26(1.5)211(4.2)6(0.6)(†)4(0.7)195(3.3)10(0.8)
1996¹National213(2.0)54(1.9)212(2.6)27(1.8)210(5.0)8(1.0)(†)3(0.5)199(4.3)8(0.8)
1994¹National215(2.3)58(1.6)214(3.1)25(1.5)213(5.8)5(0.6)(†)3(0.6)193(3.9)9(0.8)
1992¹National215(1.6)56(1.2)212(2.2)28(1.2)204(7.8)6(0.5)(†)3(0.4)189(3.7)7(0.7)
1990¹National215(2.3)54(1.8)211(3.0)25(1.3)210(5.5)6(0.6)(†)3(0.6)192(3.5)12(0.9)
1988¹National213(1.9)54(1.8)212(2.8)26(1.3)201(7.1)7(0.8)(†)4(0.6)198(3.1)9(0.9)
1984¹National214(1.1)53(1.0)212(1.7)28(0.8)204(3.3)7(0.6)197(4.2)3(0.3)198(2.7)9(0.5)