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: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. 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	National	255	32	263	25	268	24	284	19
2011	National public	253	33	261	25	267	24	282	18
2011	Alabama	251	36	259	24	258	22	276	18
2011	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2011	Arizona	251	35	258	23	264	24	278	17
2011	Arkansas	250	33	258	23	260	24	277	20
2011	California	244	33	252	27	258	24	279	16
2011	Colorado	260	33	268	23	273	24	289	20
2011	Connecticut	262	31	272	23	278	26	295	20
2011	Delaware	256	35	265	25	270	25	284	16
2011	District of Columbia	232	22	241	28	242	31	262	18
2011	DoDEA	261	24	266	23	275	25	285	28
2011	Florida	253	33	261	25	264	23	278	19
2011	Georgia	254	31	261	27	261	24	280	18
2011	Hawaii	250	31	255	27	258	26	274	16
2011	Idaho	256	31	264	21	272	24	283	24
2011	Illinois	256	29	262	24	267	27	283	20
2011	Indiana	254	35	265	24	269	23	280	18
2011	Iowa	253	30	262	23	267	26	280	21
2011	Kansas	255	32	265	22	272	24	283	22
2011	Kentucky	259	38	266	24	275	22	288	17
2011	Louisiana	248	36	256	24	255	23	270	17
2011	Maine	256	31	267	21	276	23	285	25
2011	Maryland	260	28	268	26	272	25	293	20
2011	Massachusetts	263	35	273	24	283	22	294	19
2011	Michigan	254	33	262	24	269	23	284	20
2011	Minnesota	259	28	268	23	275	26	283	23
2011	Mississippi	249	33	251	26	255	26	268	15
2011	Missouri	255	36	265	22	273	22	282	21
2011	Montana	260	28	270	21	276	25	287	26
2011	Nebraska	256	30	266	24	271	24	284	22
2011	Nevada	248	35	254	25	263	24	281	16
2011	New Hampshire	260	33	269	22	280	22	287	23
2011	New Jersey	265	28	270	27	278	24	293	21
2011	New Mexico	246	37	256	25	259	23	278	15
2011	New York	256	30	266	27	269	25	280	18
2011	North Carolina	252	31	260	24	267	27	279	18
2011	North Dakota	258	33	266	24	272	23	285	21
2011	Ohio	258	35	266	24	274	22	285	19
2011	Oklahoma	249	36	259	24	267	21	277	19
2011	Oregon	250	30	261	21	268	25	283	23
2011	Pennsylvania	259	34	264	25	272	24	287	17
2011	Rhode Island	255	37	262	22	268	25	287	17
2011	South Carolina	251	31	261	24	260	27	277	17
2011	South Dakota	259	29	266	22	272	24	282	25
2011	Tennessee	249	38	259	25	262	19	278	18
2011	Texas	254	36	261	27	263	23	280	15
2011	Utah	252	27	262	20	270	26	284	27
2011	Vermont	258	30	273	19	278	24	290	26
2011	Virginia	253	33	267	24	273	23	286	19
2011	Washington	254	31	265	22	275	25	284	22
2011	West Virginia	245	41	259	25	263	18	273	15
2011	Wisconsin	257	31	264	21	270	25	283	23
2011	Wyoming	256	29	267	21	275	24	282	26
2009	National	253	32	261	23	267	24	282	21
2009	National public	252	32	259	23	265	24	280	21
2009	Alabama	247	34	252	25	258	23	273	18
2009	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2009	Arizona	247	34	254	23	261	23	278	19
2009	Arkansas	248	32	253	21	263	24	273	23
2009	California	243	32	249	25	257	26	272	17
2009	Colorado	255	32	261	22	267	23	283	23
2009	Connecticut	258	28	268	22	275	26	290	23
2009	Delaware	257	33	263	25	268	22	280	19
2009	District of Columbia	234	22	241	30	242	30	262	18
2009	DoDEA	259	22	269	20	274	27	283	31
2009	Florida	257	33	260	24	268	22	280	21
2009	Georgia	252	31	258	24	259	25	278	21
2009	Hawaii	246	30	249	24	258	26	273	20
2009	Idaho	250	32	263	19	269	24	281	26
2009	Illinois	255	27	259	23	265	27	282	23
2009	Indiana	253	32	265	22	272	25	278	21
2009	Iowa	253	30	260	22	270	24	281	24
2009	Kansas	256	32	264	24	270	23	283	21
2009	Kentucky	256	37	266	21	272	21	282	21
2009	Louisiana	245	34	253	22	255	25	269	18
2009	Maine	253	31	266	20	273	23	283	26
2009	Maryland	256	28	264	25	269	26	287	20
2009	Massachusetts	260	32	271	23	278	24	292	22
2009	Michigan	250	34	261	22	264	22	281	22
2009	Minnesota	258	28	265	20	272	26	287	27
2009	Mississippi	246	35	250	25	251	23	267	16
2009	Missouri	254	31	266	20	268	24	283	24
2009	Montana	256	29	268	19	274	23	284	29
2009	Nebraska	255	30	264	22	269	23	284	25
2009	Nevada	246	36	251	25	258	22	272	17
2009	New Hampshire	253	31	268	22	279	21	288	27
2009	New Jersey	264	31	268	24	276	25	290	19
2009	New Mexico	245	37	251	22	257	25	275	16
2009	New York	255	30	263	25	266	25	282	20
2009	North Carolina	249	33	256	22	263	26	279	19
2009	North Dakota	259	32	266	21	274	23	282	24
2009	Ohio	259	35	266	22	273	22	285	20
2009	Oklahoma	248	35	258	22	263	23	277	21
2009	Oregon	251	30	262	21	270	24	281	25
2009	Pennsylvania	260	32	268	24	273	22	288	22
2009	Rhode Island	249	35	255	21	266	25	278	19
2009	South Carolina	247	30	255	24	260	27	275	19
2009	South Dakota	261	30	266	21	276	24	279	25
2009	Tennessee	253	37	258	22	264	21	277	19
2009	Texas	251	37	261	24	265	22	277	17
2009	Utah	250	27	261	21	270	25	281	28
2009	Vermont	257	29	268	20	276	24	289	27
2009	Virginia	255	31	263	23	270	25	282	21
2009	Washington	254	31	262	20	271	24	285	26
2009	West Virginia	244	41	256	22	262	18	271	19
2009	Wisconsin	254	30	262	20	268	24	281	26
2009	Wyoming	256	31	265	20	270	23	284	26
2007	National	253	33	261	24	265	24	281	19
2007	National public	252	34	259	24	264	24	279	18
2007	Alabama	244	38	252	24	253	23	273	15
2007	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2007	Arizona	247	36	252	24	257	23	275	17
2007	Arkansas	249	35	256	21	260	24	277	19
2007	California	243	33	250	26	254	25	270	16
2007	Colorado	256	31	263	22	270	26	282	22
2007	Connecticut	255	33	265	23	271	23	286	21
2007	Delaware	256	34	262	25	266	23	283	18
2007	District of Columbia	236	21	242	29	239	32	256	18
2007	DoDEA	261	26	267	20	273	24	287	30
2007	Florida	253	35	260	26	262	24	276	16
2007	Georgia	252	33	256	24	259	26	277	17
2007	Hawaii	243	34	250	23	253	26	270	18
2007	Idaho	253	34	264	20	271	24	279	22
2007	Illinois	254	29	259	22	264	28	281	21
2007	Indiana	255	33	261	24	268	23	280	20
2007	Iowa	255	30	266	21	271	24	282	25
2007	Kansas	258	35	266	22	273	23	281	20
2007	Kentucky	252	42	259	21	269	21	284	16
2007	Louisiana	248	37	255	24	253	23	267	16
2007	Maine	256	30	266	21	276	25	284	25
2007	Maryland	256	28	260	24	268	25	283	22
2007	Massachusetts	261	35	273	22	279	23	291	20
2007	Michigan	251	33	257	23	264	23	278	21
2007	Minnesota	257	27	264	22	271	26	282	25
2007	Mississippi	247	36	249	25	248	25	267	13
2007	Missouri	255	33	261	26	267	23	277	18
2007	Montana	259	29	270	21	274	24	283	27
2007	Nebraska	255	32	265	23	272	26	283	20
2007	Nevada	245	41	252	24	256	21	273	14
2007	New Hampshire	256	33	268	21	277	23	286	23
2007	New Jersey	263	34	270	24	269	24	288	18
2007	New Mexico	243	39	250	23	254	23	269	15
2007	New York	258	33	262	23	266	25	277	19
2007	North Carolina	249	36	259	22	265	25	277	16
2007	North Dakota	257	34	268	23	271	22	283	22
2007	Ohio	259	34	266	26	271	21	285	20
2007	Oklahoma	250	37	260	22	262	22	276	19
2007	Oregon	252	30	263	21	269	24	283	25
2007	Pennsylvania	258	34	267	24	272	23	283	19
2007	Rhode Island	248	35	253	23	265	23	277	19
2007	South Carolina	252	33	256	24	257	25	272	18
2007	South Dakota	257	29	268	20	274	26	282	25
2007	Tennessee	253	38	259	25	260	22	278	15
2007	Texas	252	37	262	25	262	23	280	16
2007	Utah	248	32	262	22	267	23	280	23
2007	Vermont	256	28	270	18	278	26	288	28
2007	Virginia	256	34	264	23	272	23	284	20
2007	Washington	250	30	262	22	271	25	283	23
2007	West Virginia	245	43	258	23	263	20	274	14
2007	Wisconsin	253	34	262	23	269	23	282	21
2007	Wyoming	252	30	263	21	271	25	281	25
2005	National	252	30	261	25	265	26	279	19
2005	National public	251	31	259	25	263	26	277	18
2005	Alabama	244	33	253	24	254	27	266	16
2005	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2005	Arizona	247	34	255	24	256	25	272	17
2005	Arkansas	249	31	256	23	258	26	275	19
2005	California	241	29	249	25	253	28	266	17
2005	Colorado	254	28	262	25	266	27	281	20
2005	Connecticut	252	31	261	26	271	24	284	19
2005	Delaware	259	29	263	27	268	25	281	19
2005	District of Columbia	229	17	239	32	239	35	248	16
2005	DoDEA	259	23	266	21	272	28	282	28
2005	Florida	247	30	258	26	258	27	271	17
2005	Georgia	247	30	256	26	257	26	276	18
2005	Hawaii	240	32	246	25	254	26	264	17
2005	Idaho	251	33	266	22	269	24	281	21
2005	Illinois	254	27	263	23	265	31	276	20
2005	Indiana	252	33	257	25	265	22	278	20
2005	Iowa	255	30	264	23	269	26	285	22
2005	Kansas	254	30	265	24	271	26	285	20
2005	Kentucky	254	38	263	24	269	23	283	15
2005	Louisiana	247	33	252	26	253	26	269	15
2005	Maine	256	30	272	23	273	23	284	24
2005	Maryland	250	28	259	25	263	25	280	21
2005	Massachusetts	263	30	272	26	277	24	292	20
2005	Michigan	252	28	259	27	264	26	277	18
2005	Minnesota	257	30	266	24	272	25	285	21
2005	Mississippi	247	31	249	28	250	27	265	15
2005	Missouri	254	31	263	24	266	24	282	20
2005	Montana	256	27	268	23	271	26	284	24
2005	Nebraska	257	30	266	24	270	26	283	19
2005	Nevada	243	36	254	27	260	23	268	14
2005	New Hampshire	256	33	268	20	274	22	287	25
2005	New Jersey	261	29	267	28	273	25	283	18
2005	New Mexico	241	33	250	26	256	26	270	15
2005	New York	258	29	264	26	266	27	280	19
2005	North Carolina	249	31	260	24	263	26	269	19
2005	North Dakota	261	31	267	25	274	25	285	19
2005	Ohio	257	31	266	28	270	24	284	17
2005	Oklahoma	249	34	258	24	264	22	275	20
2005	Oregon	251	31	258	21	270	24	280	23
2005	Pennsylvania	258	29	264	26	269	25	283	20
2005	Rhode Island	250	31	256	25	264	25	282	19
2005	South Carolina	251	31	256	25	258	27	271	17
2005	South Dakota	261	26	267	23	269	27	277	25
2005	Tennessee	251	33	261	27	260	24	273	16
2005	Texas	251	34	258	26	261	25	274	15
2005	Utah	248	29	259	23	265	25	280	23
2005	Vermont	251	29	264	21	278	24	285	26
2005	Virginia	257	32	266	25	271	24	285	19
2005	Washington	249	28	263	22	271	27	281	24
2005	West Virginia	245	39	257	25	260	20	272	16
2005	Wisconsin	256	29	263	24	269	26	284	21
2005	Wyoming	254	27	268	23	273	27	280	23
2003	National	253	30	262	25	265	26	279	20
2003	National public	252	30	261	25	263	26	277	19
2003	Alabama	246	33	256	25	253	25	266	17
2003	Alaska	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2003	Arizona	248	32	255	24	258	25	268	19
2003	Arkansas	250	32	255	24	261	24	275	19
2003	California	240	27	251	24	252	28	267	20
2003	Colorado	254	29	264	23	269	24	287	24
2003	Connecticut	254	30	265	24	271	25	286	20
2003	Delaware	256	30	263	25	266	26	280	19
2003	District of Columbia	228	19	240	29	240	36	256	15
2003	DoDEA	260	23	268	23	272	25	286	29
2003	Florida	249	31	259	24	259	27	270	18
2003	Georgia	251	30	255	25	261	27	271	18
2003	Hawaii	241	30	253	23	255	28	264	18
2003	Idaho	249	29	262	23	270	24	281	25
2003	Illinois	260	24	263	24	266	30	280	22
2003	Indiana	255	32	265	23	269	26	279	19
2003	Iowa	254	28	264	22	272	26	282	23
2003	Kansas	253	30	266	24	270	26	280	20
2003	Kentucky	256	35	266	24	270	24	284	17
2003	Louisiana	246	32	253	26	256	26	267	16
2003	Maine	253	29	269	23	271	24	284	24
2003	Maryland	250	31	261	25	263	25	283	19
2003	Massachusetts	261	32	270	25	279	23	291	20
2003	Michigan	255	29	265	25	265	25	278	21
2003	Minnesota	255	28	265	23	272	27	285	22
2003	Mississippi	248	33	254	25	257	26	268	16
2003	Missouri	257	33	268	23	270	25	284	18
2003	Montana	253	27	270	21	274	26	284	27
2003	Nebraska	258	29	262	23	268	27	281	21
2003	Nevada	245	34	253	23	256	26	265	17
2003	New Hampshire	257	32	268	21	276	24	289	23
2003	New Jersey	259	29	266	28	271	26	284	17
2003	New Mexico	241	32	250	24	255	26	270	18
2003	New York	260	26	265	26	265	27	276	20
2003	North Carolina	253	28	262	23	262	28	275	21
2003	North Dakota	257	31	267	24	275	24	286	21
2003	Ohio	257	31	263	26	271	24	283	19
2003	Oklahoma	252	32	260	23	265	24	277	21
2003	Oregon	250	31	260	21	269	24	281	24
2003	Pennsylvania	254	33	265	26	269	23	278	18
2003	Rhode Island	250	31	258	24	264	25	279	20
2003	South Carolina	251	28	256	25	259	28	271	19
2003	South Dakota	259	27	268	23	273	26	281	24
2003	Tennessee	250	35	260	24	258	24	275	17
2003	Texas	250	36	260	26	263	24	276	14
2003	Utah	248	25	258	21	267	25	281	29
2003	Vermont	255	27	269	20	275	25	285	27
2003	Virginia	258	32	267	25	270	24	286	19
2003	Washington	250	27	262	21	269	25	278	26
2003	West Virginia	249	38	261	25	266	21	274	16
2003	Wisconsin	254	30	265	24	270	24	283	22
2003	Wyoming	254	28	265	21	269	24	281	27
2002	National	255	29	264	24	266	26	279	21
2002	National public	253	30	262	24	264	26	277	20
2002	Alabama	247	37	254	23	252	25	267	15
2002	Alaska	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Arizona	248	33	258	25	257	24	273	18
2002	Arkansas	252	37	260	23	264	22	275	17
2002	California	242	26	250	22	251	30	264	21
2002	Colorado	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Connecticut	256	31	266	24	270	25	283	20
2002	Delaware	261	28	264	24	269	27	280	21
2002	District of Columbia	233	19	242	29	239	37	250	16
2002	DoDEA	263	22	271	22	272	27	284	28
2002	Florida	254	32	261	24	263	25	274	19
2002	Georgia	249	27	259	24	260	29	270	20
2002	Hawaii	244	30	252	23	251	27	266	20
2002	Idaho	254	26	264	20	269	26	280	28
2002	Illinois	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2002	Indiana	253	35	266	23	268	23	282	20
2002	Iowa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Kansas	254	29	268	21	272	28	287	22
2002	Kentucky	256	36	265	22	269	24	281	18
2002	Louisiana	249	34	258	24	256	25	270	17
2002	Maine	257	31	268	22	276	23	285	24
2002	Maryland	253	27	259	26	265	26	284	21
2002	Massachusetts	260	30	270	25	273	25	287	20
2002	Michigan	254	27	264	23	266	26	279	23
2002	Minnesota	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2002	Mississippi	250	31	255	25	254	27	267	16
2002	Missouri	260	32	266	23	271	25	280	20
2002	Montana	258	27	270	22	271	24	283	27
2002	Nebraska	259	30	267	23	274	25	283	21
2002	Nevada	242	35	253	22	255	25	270	18
2002	New Hampshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	New Jersey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	New Mexico	245	33	252	23	256	25	268	19
2002	New York	258	27	264	25	263	29	274	20
2002	North Carolina	255	29	266	22	266	30	279	20
2002	North Dakota	256	35	267	22	274	23	282	21
2002	Ohio	261	32	269	26	269	23	281	18
2002	Oklahoma	253	37	264	21	265	22	275	20
2002	Oregon	258	27	264	22	267	26	286	25
2002	Pennsylvania	257	32	263	24	271	24	277	20
2002	Rhode Island	253	33	261	24	265	24	279	19
2002	South Carolina	251	30	259	24	257	29	270	17
2002	South Dakota	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Tennessee	251	36	262	22	265	23	275	18
2002	Texas	254	33	262	26	264	25	277	16
2002	Utah	248	26	258	20	265	26	282	27
2002	Vermont	257	29	264	20	280	23	286	28
2002	Virginia	258	31	270	24	271	26	285	19
2002	Washington	254	26	264	20	271	26	283	28
2002	West Virginia	254	36	264	25	268	21	279	18
2002	Wisconsin	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2002	Wyoming	251	28	263	22	271	25	279	25