Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 reading, by read for fun on your own time and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, and 2002
Year	Jurisdiction	Never or hardly ever		Once or twice a month		Once or twice a week		Almost every day
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage	Average scale score	Percentage
— Not available. ‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. The NAEP 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), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 Reading Assessments.
2011	Large city	247	29	252	28	256	27	272	16
2011	Albuquerque	244	36	252	25	258	22	278	16
2011	Atlanta	247	20	250	30	251	33	268	16
2011	Austin	250	32	258	27	265	24	285	18
2011	Baltimore City	242	27	246	29	246	31	262	13
2011	Boston	246	27	251	32	260	26	272	15
2011	Charlotte	256	30	264	23	264	29	282	18
2011	Chicago	246	17	249	27	253	37	265	19
2011	Cleveland	234	22	237	26	240	34	255	18
2011	Dallas	244	36	246	31	248	24	265	9
2011	Detroit	231	21	236	33	238	31	248	16
2011	District of Columbia (DCPS)	228	22	235	28	237	31	256	19
2011	Fresno	231	40	238	27	243	23	260	10
2011	Hillsborough County (FL)	254	37	264	24	270	23	284	16
2011	Houston	246	31	252	32	255	25	268	12
2011	Jefferson County (KY)	248	30	256	27	263	24	280	19
2011	Los Angeles	240	32	245	28	248	27	263	13
2011	Miami-Dade	256	34	260	27	260	23	270	15
2011	Milwaukee	233	23	239	30	240	31	250	16
2011	New York City	246	22	253	27	257	33	265	18
2011	Philadelphia	244	25	247	32	247	30	264	13
2011	San Diego	247	36	259	26	258	22	272	16
2009	Large city	244	29	249	27	255	27	271	17
2009	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Atlanta	242	18	249	29	249	35	265	18
2009	Austin	249	33	255	23	268	24	281	20
2009	Baltimore City	242	28	246	29	246	29	254	14
2009	Boston	252	29	256	27	259	26	268	18
2009	Charlotte	248	29	256	25	264	27	278	19
2009	Chicago	244	19	247	26	248	36	261	20
2009	Cleveland	234	27	238	29	247	28	260	17
2009	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Detroit	226	25	233	30	237	32	239	14
2009	District of Columbia (DCPS)	230	22	238	32	240	28	267	18
2009	Fresno	233	36	239	27	243	23	255	14
2009	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Houston	244	31	250	29	255	26	272	13
2009	Jefferson County (KY)	248	33	257	24	264	23	272	20
2009	Los Angeles	237	31	242	30	248	25	261	14
2009	Miami-Dade	252	29	259	28	263	25	276	18
2009	Milwaukee	238	24	236	25	241	35	259	16
2009	New York City	245	23	250	27	255	30	268	19
2009	Philadelphia	240	25	246	30	247	28	260	17
2009	San Diego	247	35	250	25	259	25	274	15
2007	Large city	244	29	248	26	251	28	266	17
2007	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Atlanta	239	24	244	27	244	34	262	15
2007	Austin	246	33	255	26	257	24	284	18
2007	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Boston	247	26	259	28	253	28	264	18
2007	Charlotte	253	32	258	25	261	25	277	17
2007	Chicago	243	17	250	25	250	38	259	20
2007	Cleveland	242	26	248	28	245	29	261	17
2007	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	District of Columbia (DCPS)	236	21	242	29	239	32	256	18
2007	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Houston	246	32	253	30	252	26	267	12
2007	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Los Angeles	235	32	240	28	242	27	256	12
2007	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	New York City	245	22	248	23	252	34	261	21
2007	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	San Diego	242	34	247	23	255	26	265	17
2005	Large city	243	26	249	26	251	30	264	17
2005	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Atlanta	230	17	243	29	238	37	255	16
2005	Austin	245	30	254	24	258	28	280	18
2005	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Boston	250	23	256	27	253	31	260	19
2005	Charlotte	251	32	258	25	263	27	275	16
2005	Chicago	243	16	249	23	249	39	258	22
2005	Cleveland	233	25	245	30	240	31	252	14
2005	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	District of Columbia (DCPS)	229	17	239	32	239	35	248	16
2005	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Houston	242	32	248	30	250	24	261	13
2005	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Los Angeles	233	29	238	27	243	31	253	14
2005	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	New York City	245	20	251	25	251	35	264	20
2005	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	San Diego	242	23	254	24	255	33	267	20
2003	Large city	242	25	249	26	250	31	259	18
2003	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Atlanta	236	18	241	27	238	37	249	18
2003	Austin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Boston	247	25	252	26	254	32	265	18
2003	Charlotte	256	27	261	26	261	30	278	17
2003	Chicago	245	15	248	23	247	39	256	22
2003	Cleveland	236	26	240	29	244	30	251	15
2003	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	District of Columbia (DCPS)	228	19	240	29	240	36	256	15
2003	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Houston	240	32	249	29	246	27	263	12
2003	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Los Angeles	228	28	235	25	236	31	247	16
2003	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	New York City	243	17	252	25	252	37	262	22
2003	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	San Diego	242	22	246	22	253	33	262	24
2002	Large city	244	25	250	25	251	32	262	18
2002	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Atlanta	232	20	235	25	237	38	244	18
2002	Austin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Boston	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Charlotte	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Chicago	242	16	250	22	249	39	258	22
2002	Cleveland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	District of Columbia (DCPS)	233	19	242	29	239	37	250	16
2002	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Houston	242	29	252	28	251	31	258	12
2002	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Los Angeles	234	26	239	27	234	31	248	16
2002	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	New York City	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2002	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	San Diego	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—