NAEP - TUDA Reading 2007: Reading Instruction

Reading instructional activities

As part of the 2007 reading assessment, teachers of eighth-graders were asked about the amount of time they spent with their most and least advanced classes on various instructional activities that involved reading. The full text of the questions and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category are shown below.

Most advanced classes
Least advanced classes

Think about the most advanced language arts class you teach for eighth-grade students. 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

Jurisdiction and activity	Never or hardly ever	Once or twice a month	Once or twice a week	Almost every day
	Percentage of students
Nation
Read aloud	8	19	43	30
Read silently	4	14	40	43
Read books they have chosen	13	22	32	33
Discuss different interpretations	7	28	43	21
Understand new words	#	5	36	59
Make generalizations	1	10	46	43
Describe style or structure	9	35	42	14
Large central city
Read aloud	6	15	44	35
Read silently	4	12	39	45
Read books they have chosen	14	21	28	37
Discuss different interpretations	7	22	45	27
Understand new words	#	4	33	63
Make generalizations	1	8	43	48
Describe style or structure	7	29	45	18
Atlanta
Read aloud	3	8	44	44
Read silently	#	14	44	42
Read books they have chosen	13	30	26	30
Discuss different interpretations	1	12	39	48
Understand new words	#	#	26	74
Make generalizations	#	5	27	68
Describe style or structure	4	12	37	47
Austin
Read aloud	9	13	55	23
Read silently	8	12	41	40
Read books they have chosen	15	24	27	34
Discuss different interpretations	2	24	42	32
Understand new words	#	2	41	57
Make generalizations	#	8	46	46
Describe style or structure	#	32	50	17
Boston
Read aloud	9	9	42	40
Read silently	4	13	18	66
Read books they have chosen	11	12	18	58
Discuss different interpretations	3	12	50	35
Understand new words	#	4	37	59
Make generalizations	#	4	42	54
Describe style or structure	5	33	40	22
Charlotte
Read aloud	3	12	34	51
Read silently	3	11	35	52
Read books they have chosen	15	28	28	29
Discuss different interpretations	2	15	45	38
Understand new words	#	5	32	64
Make generalizations	#	2	36	62
Describe style or structure	2	19	52	28
Chicago
Read aloud	4	13	33	50
Read silently	#	15	27	57
Read books they have chosen	8	14	27	52
Discuss different interpretations	3	12	41	45
Understand new words	#	3	23	74
Make generalizations	#	1	33	66
Describe style or structure	6	18	49	27
Cleveland
Read aloud	6	7	29	58
Read silently	6	8	43	43
Read books they have chosen	12	25	35	29
Discuss different interpretations	7	28	32	33
Understand new words	#	1	27	72
Make generalizations	#	3	39	59
Describe style or structure	6	26	48	20
District of Columbia
Read aloud	1	8	33	58
Read silently	5	20	46	30
Read books they have chosen	24	31	18	27
Discuss different interpretations	5	18	45	32
Understand new words	#	5	20	75
Make generalizations	#	8	45	46
Describe style or structure	7	33	39	22
Houston
Read aloud	2	11	46	40
Read silently	3	10	36	51
Read books they have chosen	12	31	19	38
Discuss different interpretations	8	19	44	29
Understand new words	#	4	25	71
Make generalizations	#	4	29	67
Describe style or structure	2	27	43	28
Los Angeles
Read aloud	4	12	48	37
Read silently	7	18	35	39
Read books they have chosen	20	24	22	35
Discuss different interpretations	6	23	51	20
Understand new words	#	7	30	63
Make generalizations	1	10	49	40
Describe style or structure	9	37	42	12
New York City
Read aloud	8	18	37	37
Read silently	1	7	27	65
Read books they have chosen	4	10	29	57
Discuss different interpretations	5	11	44	41
Understand new words	1	7	35	57
Make generalizations	#	5	30	65
Describe style or structure	3	21	50	26
San Diego
Read aloud	18	30	34	18
Read silently	2	14	33	51
Read books they have chosen	10	20	27	43
Discuss different interpretations	1	23	50	26
Understand new words	#	2	37	61
Make generalizations	#	5	46	49
Describe style or structure	7	19	60	14

Think about the least advanced language arts class you teach for eighth-grade students. 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

Jurisdiction and activity	Never or hardly ever	Once or twice a month	Once or twice a week	Almost every day
	Percentage of students
Nation
Read aloud	9	19	40	33
Read silently	7	17	37	38
Read books they have chosen	15	22	31	32
Discuss different interpretations	9	28	42	21
Understand new words	#	4	28	67
Make generalizations	2	12	45	41
Describe style or structure	13	36	37	14
Large central city
Read aloud	7	14	41	38
Read silently	8	16	34	41
Read books they have chosen	17	21	28	35
Discuss different interpretations	8	24	42	25
Understand new words	#	3	27	69
Make generalizations	1	10	42	47
Describe style or structure	11	30	40	19
Atlanta
Read aloud	7	10	15	68
Read silently	15	6	48	31
Read books they have chosen	18	33	18	31
Discuss different interpretations	3	22	27	48
Understand new words	#	#	30	70
Make generalizations	#	6	34	60
Describe style or structure	6	14	45	35
Austin
Read aloud	7	19	51	23
Read silently	7	26	38	30
Read books they have chosen	17	19	35	29
Discuss different interpretations	3	22	43	33
Understand new words	#	1	36	63
Make generalizations	#	13	37	50
Describe style or structure	5	38	35	22
Boston
Read aloud	7	15	40	39
Read silently	#	10	20	70
Read books they have chosen	8	10	28	54
Discuss different interpretations	3	19	46	31
Understand new words	#	5	33	62
Make generalizations	#	8	36	56
Describe style or structure	4	49	24	22
Charlotte
Read aloud	4	6	33	57
Read silently	4	14	43	39
Read books they have chosen	17	35	21	27
Discuss different interpretations	3	18	35	43
Understand new words	#	4	17	79
Make generalizations	#	1	34	64
Describe style or structure	2	23	44	31
Chicago
Read aloud	6	6	37	51
Read silently	11	7	28	54
Read books they have chosen	13	14	36	37
Discuss different interpretations	2	17	39	42
Understand new words	#	2	16	81
Make generalizations	#	7	43	50
Describe style or structure	7	19	42	32
Cleveland
Read aloud	8	10	29	53
Read silently	6	14	50	31
Read books they have chosen	18	24	38	20
Discuss different interpretations	10	19	41	30
Understand new words	#	1	24	74
Make generalizations	2	3	43	52
Describe style or structure	14	36	34	15
District of Columbia
Read aloud	#	9	39	52
Read silently	12	19	37	32
Read books they have chosen	26	31	14	29
Discuss different interpretations	7	18	46	29
Understand new words	#	#	16	84
Make generalizations	#	13	26	61
Describe style or structure	6	32	41	22
Houston
Read aloud	4	6	38	52
Read silently	10	17	31	42
Read books they have chosen	19	27	22	32
Discuss different interpretations	9	21	41	30
Understand new words	#	3	18	79
Make generalizations	#	6	30	64
Describe style or structure	5	28	37	30
Los Angeles
Read aloud	4	14	40	41
Read silently	12	17	30	41
Read books they have chosen	25	21	21	33
Discuss different interpretations	6	29	46	19
Understand new words	#	6	25	69
Make generalizations	1	12	50	37
Describe style or structure	13	39	37	11
New York City
Read aloud	11	18	32	39
Read silently	4	8	24	64
Read books they have chosen	4	8	32	55
Discuss different interpretations	4	16	46	33
Understand new words	1	5	26	68
Make generalizations	#	4	32	64
Describe style or structure	5	28	39	28
San Diego
Read aloud	27	27	29	17
Read silently	2	16	33	49
Read books they have chosen	12	19	24	46
Discuss different interpretations	1	27	49	24
Understand new words	#	1	24	75
Make generalizations	#	6	54	41
Describe style or structure	9	26	50	15

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 (most advanced), Read silently (most advanced), Read books they have chosen (most advanced), Discuss different interpretations (most advanced), Understand new words (most advanced), Make generalizations (most advanced), Describe style or structure (most advanced), Read aloud (least advanced), Read silently (least advanced), Read books they have chosen (least advanced), Discuss different interpretations (least advanced), Understand new words (least advanced), Make generalizations (least advanced), or Describe style or structure (least advanced). To learn about using the NAEP Data Explorer, view the NAEP Data Explorer tutorial.

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# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

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