As part of the 2007 reading assessment, teachers of fourth-graders were asked about the amount of time they spent on various instructional activities that involved reading. The full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category are shown below.

How often do you do the following things as part of reading instruction with this class?

a. Ask students to read aloud
b. Ask students to read silently
c. Give students time to read books they have chosen themselves
d. Ask students to discuss different interpretations of what they have read
e. Help students understand new words
f. Ask students to make generalizations and draw inferences based on what they have read
g. Ask students to describe the style or structure of the text they have read

Check for Statistical Significance

To further analyze these data, test for significance between categories, or see corresponding average scores, view the complete data for the nation and districts. Click on the "Find Out" button in the NAEP Data Explorer to check for statistical significance. For large central cities, view the complete data for Read aloud, Read silently, Read books they have chosen, Discuss different interpretations, Understand new words, Make generalizations, or Describe style or structure. To learn about using the NAEP Data Explorer, view the NAEP Data Explorer tutorial.

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