Average scale scores and percentages for age 13 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.
2012National276(1.4)27(0.7)267(1.4)26(0.6)264(1.7)14(0.4)258(1.6)11(0.4)249(1.3)22(0.7)
2008National274(1.4)26(0.7)264(1.1)25(0.6)261(1.3)13(0.4)254(1.3)12(0.4)247(0.9)24(0.7)
2004¹National271(2.8)30(2.0)261(2.3)34(1.9)256(3.9)15(1.2)(†)9(1.1)236(3.9)13(1.3)
1999¹National272(3.2)28(1.7)263(3.2)36(1.7)260(3.7)17(1.6)253(4.4)10(1.2)242(5.3)9(1.4)
1996¹National269(3.3)32(1.9)258(3.2)31(2.1)259(4.6)15(1.4)(†)9(1.2)236(4.8)13(1.5)
1994¹National272(3.2)32(1.8)255(3.1)32(2.1)255(5.7)14(1.7)252(5.4)10(1.2)237(5.1)12(1.7)
1992¹National269(2.5)37(2.4)260(3.8)32(1.8)257(3.2)13(1.5)(†)8(1.1)246(6.4)9(1.5)
1990¹National269(2.9)35(1.7)255(3.6)32(1.7)251(4.3)13(1.3)245(4.3)9(1.1)247(5.0)11(1.3)
1988¹National266(3.1)36(2.4)260(3.5)31(2.2)257(2.9)15(1.6)(†)8(1.3)241(4.8)10(0.9)
1984¹National264(1.4)35(1.0)255(1.4)35(1.2)255(2.1)14(0.8)252(3.6)7(0.5)239(2.5)8(0.6)