Average scale scores and percentages for grade 8 reading, by pages read in school and for homework and jurisdiction: 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, and 2002
Year	Jurisdiction	5 or fewer		6-10		11-15		16-20		More than 20
Year	Jurisdiction	Average scale score	Percentage	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	246	29	253	23	256	16	262	12	265	20
2011	Albuquerque	247	28	253	23	252	14	258	11	263	24
2011	Atlanta	247	34	252	28	258	17	257	9	261	13
2011	Austin	252	31	256	22	264	15	275	13	273	19
2011	Baltimore City	242	43	246	27	254	10	247	8	256	13
2011	Boston	240	18	244	21	256	18	263	16	269	27
2011	Charlotte	255	26	257	20	270	17	274	14	274	23
2011	Chicago	242	18	249	25	250	18	261	16	263	22
2011	Cleveland	229	27	241	19	243	15	248	13	245	26
2011	Dallas	242	43	251	28	252	12	255	7	254	10
2011	Detroit	233	39	240	27	241	13	238	8	241	13
2011	District of Columbia (DCPS)	234	37	240	26	240	16	238	11	244	12
2011	Fresno	230	40	236	20	240	12	252	9	251	19
2011	Hillsborough County (FL)	255	32	264	21	266	16	274	11	273	19
2011	Houston	246	34	251	26	257	14	257	10	263	17
2011	Jefferson County (KY)	250	35	258	22	262	14	270	9	274	19
2011	Los Angeles	238	33	246	27	251	16	255	10	256	14
2011	Miami-Dade	251	27	258	26	262	17	267	10	271	20
2011	Milwaukee	234	31	241	29	239	16	241	9	243	16
2011	New York City	241	18	249	19	253	15	261	14	264	33
2011	Philadelphia	241	34	246	28	250	15	253	10	258	13
2011	San Diego	245	25	250	19	254	14	261	14	270	27
2009	Large city	243	29	251	23	258	15	260	11	261	21
2009	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Atlanta	246	34	250	29	258	13	250	10	251	14
2009	Austin	250	26	259	24	266	16	270	14	269	20
2009	Baltimore City	240	47	246	27	254	11	‡	6	255	10
2009	Boston	244	14	249	20	257	17	262	20	268	29
2009	Charlotte	250	30	256	23	263	14	270	13	270	20
2009	Chicago	241	23	247	25	255	17	253	14	254	22
2009	Cleveland	235	36	243	27	244	14	251	9	251	14
2009	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Detroit	229	39	233	30	243	12	236	7	237	13
2009	District of Columbia (DCPS)	232	35	242	30	251	15	247	10	249	11
2009	Fresno	229	29	240	23	243	14	248	12	248	21
2009	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	Houston	244	35	250	24	256	13	257	10	265	17
2009	Jefferson County (KY)	250	39	257	23	264	13	273	9	268	16
2009	Los Angeles	237	31	242	27	248	16	249	10	254	17
2009	Miami-Dade	249	28	261	23	261	16	271	11	270	22
2009	Milwaukee	234	29	241	28	249	15	245	10	247	19
2009	New York City	240	20	247	20	255	17	262	14	261	29
2009	Philadelphia	238	35	250	27	252	14	253	11	256	13
2009	San Diego	243	20	251	19	248	14	258	14	266	33
2007	Large city	242	29	249	25	253	16	257	12	257	19
2007	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Atlanta	241	38	246	26	246	14	254	8	250	14
2007	Austin	245	29	259	23	257	15	269	13	267	20
2007	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Boston	236	17	246	22	252	16	262	18	268	28
2007	Charlotte	248	35	263	26	264	15	271	10	273	14
2007	Chicago	240	20	248	28	257	17	252	13	254	21
2007	Cleveland	243	37	249	26	256	12	251	10	248	15
2007	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	District of Columbia (DCPS)	234	34	243	30	249	14	255	8	242	14
2007	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Houston	244	36	252	24	255	15	259	9	263	16
2007	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Los Angeles	234	31	238	27	244	16	248	10	251	15
2007	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	New York City	235	18	246	23	254	17	251	16	261	26
2007	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	San Diego	237	23	242	18	248	15	258	15	262	30
2005	Large city	242	28	248	25	255	16	257	12	258	20
2005	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Atlanta	234	32	239	31	245	14	248	10	248	13
2005	Austin	248	29	251	23	263	15	263	10	267	22
2005	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Boston	239	17	247	20	256	16	252	18	269	30
2005	Charlotte	251	33	256	24	266	15	271	12	269	16
2005	Chicago	238	19	248	28	253	16	255	15	254	23
2005	Cleveland	233	42	242	23	251	12	246	8	249	14
2005	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	District of Columbia (DCPS)	231	35	238	30	247	13	248	9	247	13
2005	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Houston	241	30	244	25	251	15	259	10	259	19
2005	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Los Angeles	231	29	238	29	246	15	247	11	247	16
2005	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	New York City	245	23	246	22	255	18	258	13	259	24
2005	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	San Diego	238	13	247	13	250	14	251	15	262	45
2003	Large city	242	29	248	27	252	15	256	10	255	18
2003	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Atlanta	238	34	240	30	244	15	245	10	240	11
2003	Austin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Boston	233	17	247	21	256	18	256	17	267	27
2003	Charlotte	251	31	262	24	268	18	274	12	271	16
2003	Chicago	241	21	247	28	252	17	252	14	253	19
2003	Cleveland	234	35	243	27	245	14	244	9	246	15
2003	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	District of Columbia (DCPS)	231	36	243	29	244	14	249	8	247	12
2003	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Houston	239	34	245	29	252	14	255	9	257	15
2003	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Los Angeles	228	29	234	29	239	15	244	10	240	17
2003	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	New York City	239	25	252	28	256	18	264	11	261	17
2003	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	San Diego	234	9	240	13	249	15	255	18	257	44
2002	Large city	245	29	250	28	253	16	256	10	257	16
2002	Albuquerque	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Atlanta	234	36	237	31	239	14	240	6	237	13
2002	Austin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Baltimore City	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Boston	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Charlotte	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Chicago	242	21	247	33	252	19	256	10	258	17
2002	Cleveland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Dallas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Detroit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	District of Columbia (DCPS)	233	35	241	29	247	14	253	9	242	14
2002	Fresno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Hillsborough County (FL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Houston	241	33	248	25	255	16	254	9	256	17
2002	Jefferson County (KY)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Los Angeles	230	26	237	29	239	18	242	10	245	17
2002	Miami-Dade	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Milwaukee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	New York City	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
2002	Philadelphia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	San Diego	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—