Average scale scores and percentages for age 17 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
Gender
Year
Jurisdiction
Almost every day
Once or twice a week
Once or twice a month
A few times a year
Never or hardly ever
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard Error
Average scale score
Standard Error
Percentage
Standard 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.
Male
2012
National
299
(2.2)
14
(0.7)
290
(2.1)
18
(0.7)
287
(2.1)
14
(0.5)
288
(1.6)
19
(0.8)
270
(1.6)
36
(0.8)
Male
2008
National
300
(2.0)
16
(0.6)
287
(2.4)
20
(0.7)
285
(1.7)
16
(0.5)
283
(2.0)
17
(0.6)
266
(1.1)
32
(0.8)
Male
2004¹
National
302
(5.2)
23
(2.9)
281
(6.2)
26
(2.7)
‡
(†)
14
(2.1)
‡
(†)
13
(2.3)
264
(7.3)
25
(3.1)
Male
1999¹
National
298
(7.4)
26
(2.6)
288
(5.4)
24
(3.3)
‡
(†)
16
(1.9)
‡
(†)
10
(1.9)
‡
(†)
24
(4.4)
Male
1996¹
National
295
(5.8)
22
(2.8)
290
(5.0)
27
(3.7)
‡
(†)
17
(2.1)
‡
(†)
12
(2.2)
271
(6.2)
23
(3.2)
Male
1994¹
National
297
(5.0)
29
(3.4)
286
(6.0)
32
(3.1)
‡
(†)
13
(2.1)
‡
(†)
11
(1.8)
‡
(†)
15
(2.5)
Male
1992¹
National
296
(6.1)
23
(1.9)
288
(5.3)
36
(2.3)
‡
(†)
12
(1.8)
‡
(†)
14
(1.7)
‡
(†)
15
(2.4)
Male
1990¹
National
302
(4.9)
28
(2.4)
295
(4.8)
31
(2.9)
‡
(†)
14
(1.5)
‡
(†)
12
(1.9)
‡
(†)
15
(2.1)
Male
1988¹
National
295
(5.5)
31
(2.9)
285
(4.8)
28
(4.0)
‡
(†)
20
(4.3)
‡
(†)
11
(1.7)
‡
(†)
10
(2.2)
Male
1984¹
National
294
(1.8)
30
(0.9)
285
(2.1)
32
(1.5)
285
(3.0)
15
(0.8)
277
(2.9)
11
(0.7)
266
(2.8)
12
(0.8)
Female
2012
National
304
(1.8)
25
(0.8)
297
(1.7)
23
(0.8)
289
(2.2)
17
(0.6)
288
(2.0)
16
(0.6)
275
(1.6)
18
(0.6)
Female
2008
National
304
(1.6)
25
(1.0)
294
(1.9)
25
(0.7)
290
(1.8)
18
(0.7)
291
(1.9)
16
(0.7)
275
(2.0)
17
(0.7)
Female
2004¹
National
307
(5.8)
21
(2.6)
294
(4.9)
34
(2.9)
‡
(†)
17
(2.2)
‡
(†)
15
(2.7)
‡
(†)
13
(2.2)
Female
1999¹
National
305
(5.4)
24
(2.7)
289
(3.2)
32
(3.0)
289
(6.1)
22
(2.8)
‡
(†)
14
(1.8)
‡
(†)
9
(2.0)
Female
1996¹
National
308
(6.5)
24
(2.7)
294
(5.9)
37
(3.6)
‡
(†)
18
(2.5)
‡
(†)
12
(2.6)
‡
(†)
9
(1.3)
Female
1994¹
National
307
(5.2)
30
(3.2)
287
(5.3)
31
(2.6)
287
(6.1)
18
(2.2)
‡
(†)
13
(2.5)
‡
(†)
8
(2.0)
Female
1992¹
National
311
(3.6)
30
(2.3)
294
(5.4)
30
(2.2)
284
(5.6)
24
(2.3)
‡
(†)
10
(1.6)
‡
(†)
6
(1.3)
Female
1990¹
National
306
(4.3)
35
(3.0)
293
(6.2)
32
(2.2)
‡
(†)
17
(2.1)
‡
(†)
11
(1.9)
‡
(†)
5
(1.1)
Female
1988¹
National
298
(4.8)
26
(2.5)
283
(5.9)
36
(3.1)
292
(4.1)
21
(2.6)
‡
(†)
9
(2.0)
‡
(†)
8
(2.1)
Female
1984¹
National
299
(2.1)
32
(1.3)
294
(2.3)
35
(1.2)
294
(2.4)
19
(0.8)
283
(5.0)
10
(0.8)
275
(3.7)
5
(0.6)