Average scale scores and percentages for age 17 long-term trend reading, by read for fun on your own time, grade level and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, and 1984
Grade level
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
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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.
10th grade or below
2012
National
279
(2.9)
17
(1.3)
272
(2.6)
20
(1.0)
269
(2.9)
15
(0.9)
271
(2.4)
16
(0.7)
254
(2.0)
31
(1.4)
10th grade or below
2008
National
281
(3.2)
20
(0.9)
267
(2.4)
22
(0.9)
266
(2.3)
17
(0.8)
263
(2.9)
15
(0.8)
252
(2.4)
26
(0.8)
10th grade or below
2004¹
National
‡
(†)
20
(3.5)
‡
(†)
31
(3.8)
‡
(†)
14
(2.7)
‡
(†)
14
(2.9)
‡
(†)
21
(4.0)
10th grade or below
1999¹
National
‡
(†)
25
(4.2)
‡
(†)
26
(5.4)
‡
(†)
14
(3.1)
‡
(†)
10
(2.2)
‡
(†)
25
(6.1)
10th grade or below
1996¹
National
‡
(†)
17
(3.7)
‡
(†)
33
(5.0)
‡
(†)
19
(3.3)
‡
(†)
14
(3.2)
‡
(†)
16
(4.0)
10th grade or below
1994¹
National
‡
(†)
26
(5.5)
‡
(†)
32
(4.5)
‡
(†)
14
(2.8)
‡
(†)
10
(3.1)
‡
(†)
19
(4.0)
10th grade or below
1992¹
National
‡
(†)
23
(3.2)
‡
(†)
32
(3.9)
‡
(†)
19
(3.4)
‡
(†)
12
(2.7)
‡
(†)
13
(2.5)
10th grade or below
1990¹
National
‡
(†)
22
(4.0)
‡
(†)
33
(4.5)
‡
(†)
16
(3.7)
‡
(†)
17
(3.7)
‡
(†)
13
(2.9)
10th grade or below
1988¹
National
‡
(†)
20
(3.9)
‡
(†)
34
(5.5)
‡
(†)
20
(5.1)
‡
(†)
16
(3.9)
‡
(†)
10
(2.9)
10th grade or below
1984¹
National
267
(3.5)
27
(1.9)
263
(2.9)
36
(2.7)
264
(5.0)
15
(1.3)
258
(5.7)
12
(1.6)
244
(4.0)
9
(1.2)
11th grade
2012
National
308
(1.1)
20
(0.7)
300
(1.5)
21
(0.7)
295
(1.4)
16
(0.4)
292
(1.4)
18
(0.7)
278
(1.4)
26
(0.6)
11th grade
2008
National
309
(1.2)
21
(0.6)
299
(1.7)
22
(0.6)
296
(1.5)
17
(0.6)
294
(1.4)
17
(0.5)
275
(1.2)
24
(0.7)
11th grade
2004¹
National
310
(3.7)
22
(2.4)
298
(4.0)
29
(2.3)
295
(4.2)
16
(2.1)
280
(4.9)
14
(1.9)
274
(6.2)
18
(1.9)
11th grade
1999¹
National
309
(4.0)
23
(1.9)
296
(2.8)
29
(2.7)
296
(3.8)
22
(2.1)
294
(5.1)
14
(1.3)
‡
(†)
12
(1.4)
11th grade
1996¹
National
312
(4.0)
24
(2.7)
300
(4.7)
32
(2.1)
302
(5.0)
16
(2.0)
‡
(†)
12
(1.8)
279
(5.1)
17
(2.1)
11th grade
1994¹
National
312
(3.8)
31
(2.8)
297
(3.5)
32
(1.9)
293
(5.9)
17
(1.7)
‡
(†)
11
(1.8)
‡
(†)
10
(1.6)
11th grade
1992¹
National
312
(3.0)
28
(2.1)
302
(2.7)
32
(1.9)
295
(3.8)
18
(1.5)
289
(5.9)
12
(1.4)
‡
(†)
10
(1.6)
11th grade
1990¹
National
311
(3.0)
33
(2.6)
304
(3.4)
30
(2.3)
297
(5.2)
16
(1.5)
‡
(†)
10
(1.3)
‡
(†)
10
(1.6)
11th grade
1988¹
National
303
(4.1)
31
(2.4)
295
(3.3)
33
(3.6)
290
(3.7)
21
(3.0)
‡
(†)
8
(1.0)
‡
(†)
7
(1.2)
11th grade
1984¹
National
302
(1.6)
32
(0.9)
297
(1.9)
33
(0.9)
296
(2.0)
17
(0.6)
287
(3.3)
10
(0.6)
276
(3.1)
9
(0.6)
12th grade
2012
National
307
(6.9)
21
(2.3)
298
(5.5)
20
(2.0)
‡
(†)
15
(1.8)
291
(5.7)
22
(2.7)
277
(5.8)
22
(1.8)
12th grade
2008
National
309
(5.3)
21
(2.1)
296
(4.5)
27
(1.9)
279
(5.0)
17
(2.4)
290
(7.1)
18
(2.0)
278
(4.8)
18
(2.4)
12th grade
2004¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1999¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1996¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1994¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1992¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1990¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1988¹
National
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
‡
(†)
12th grade
1984¹
National
315
(3.8)
31
(2.8)
304
(4.2)
34
(3.1)
‡
(†)
19
(3.2)
‡
(†)
8
(1.3)
‡
(†)
8
(2.1)