Average scale scores and percentages for age 17 long-term trend reading, by read for fun on your own time, race/ethnicity, 4 categories and jurisdiction: 2012, 2008, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, and 1984
Race/ethnicity (4 categories)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: Black includes African American, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. 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.
White2012National310(1.9)22(0.9)305(2.2)20(0.9)298(1.8)14(0.6)296(1.9)16(0.8)275(1.8)28(0.9)
White 2008National311(1.3)22(0.7)304(1.8)21(0.6)298(1.7)16(0.5)295(1.6)16(0.6)275(1.5)26(0.7)
White 2004¹National312(3.6)25(2.5)296(5.0)28(2.1)294(5.0)15(1.9)(†)12(1.7)272(5.3)21(2.2)
White 1999¹National309(5.5)25(2.2)294(3.7)27(3.2)295(5.2)18(2.0)287(5.4)12(1.7)265(6.2)18(2.8)
White 1996¹National310(4.8)24(2.5)303(5.8)29(2.8)298(4.8)19(2.3)(†)12(1.7)277(5.2)17(2.6)
White 1994¹National308(3.8)33(3.3)297(4.2)30(2.4)296(5.5)14(1.5)(†)12(1.7)(†)12(1.8)
White 1992¹National307(4.2)29(1.8)297(3.9)33(1.7)294(4.4)17(1.6)288(5.2)11(1.3)274(7.1)11(1.5)
White 1990¹National308(2.9)35(2.2)302(3.7)30(2.0)294(4.0)13(1.2)(†)12(1.6)(†)10(1.4)
White 1988¹National301(4.9)28(2.3)286(4.4)32(3.0)287(4.5)21(2.6)(†)9(1.4)(†)10(1.9)
White 1984¹National303(1.5)31(0.9)296(2.1)32(1.2)296(2.0)17(0.6)284(3.0)11(0.6)272(2.5)9(0.7)
Black2012National279(3.2)17(1.2)271(2.8)21(1.3)273(3.4)17(0.8)270(3.0)19(1.4)262(2.2)26(1.7)
Black 2008National280(3.4)19(1.6)266(3.6)23(1.2)267(3.0)20(1.2)269(4.0)18(1.1)254(3.5)20(1.8)
Black 2004¹National(†)14(3.9)(†)36(5.2)(†)25(4.5)(†)19(4.8)(†)5(1.9)
Black 1999¹National(†)22(3.3)(†)31(5.6)(†)25(4.3)(†)12(3.5)(†)10(4.3)
Black 1996¹National(†)21(4.6)(†)35(6.1)(†)18(4.2)(†)17(4.8)(†)10(3.9)
Black 1994¹National(†)16(4.5)(†)43(6.3)(†)13(3.7)(†)16(5.0)(†)11(3.6)
Black 1992¹National(†)15(3.3)(†)37(4.7)(†)16(3.6)(†)20(3.8)(†)13(3.6)
Black 1990¹National(†)20(5.7)(†)33(5.3)(†)20(4.7)(†)12(3.9)(†)14(3.9)
Black 1988¹National(†)35(6.0)(†)34(4.7)(†)16(4.0)(†)12(3.1)(†)2(1.5)
Black 1984¹National267(4.2)31(1.9)269(3.1)40(2.6)266(4.8)15(1.8)(†)8(1.3)(†)7(1.1)
Hispanic2012National288(3.0)15(0.8)278(2.9)21(0.8)275(2.2)18(0.7)275(2.0)19(1.0)264(2.0)27(1.1)
Hispanic 2008National284(2.9)15(0.8)270(3.2)25(1.2)272(2.0)18(1.1)274(2.4)17(1.0)260(2.1)25(1.0)
Hispanic 2004¹National(†)17(5.6)(†)32(5.4)(†)9(3.1)(†)18(4.9)(†)25(5.1)
Hispanic 1999¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Hispanic 1996¹National(†)20(7.5)(†)40(7.7)(†)6(3.8)(†)10(2.3)(†)24(6.4)
Hispanic 1994¹National(†)13(3.7)(†)33(6.6)(†)32(6.2)(†)12(3.7)(†)9(4.7)
Hispanic 1992¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Hispanic 1990¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Hispanic 1988¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Hispanic 1984¹National284(7.7)26(2.2)270(5.6)37(3.0)(†)20(2.1)(†)10(2.1)(†)7(1.2)
Other2012National307(5.8)18(1.5)298(3.0)22(1.4)296(4.0)19(1.7)300(4.3)18(1.6)286(3.7)23(1.6)
Other 2008National301(4.2)21(1.9)295(5.3)25(2.2)297(4.7)18(1.5)300(4.8)18(1.7)270(5.0)18(1.7)
Other 2004¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1999¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1996¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1994¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1992¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1990¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1988¹National(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
Other 1984¹National(†)31(5.5)(†)37(5.9)(†)22(3.2)(†)7(3.1)(†)3(1.9)