NAEP - NIES 2007 Part II: Learning Factors (Pages Read)

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Reading assignments for fourth-grade AI/AN students at high density schools lower than at low density schools; no difference seen at eighth grade

One of the learning factors explored through the survey was the number of pages of reading assigned in school and for homework to fourth- and eighth-graders each day.

Grade 4

Grade 8

Percentage of fourth-grade AI/AN students, by school density and student-reported number of pages a day they have to read in school and for homework: 2007

Findings

Compared to their peers at low density schools, a smaller percentage of AI/AN fourth-graders at high density schools reported having more than 20 pages of assigned reading a day.

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–Student group and type of school (54K PDF)

* Significantly different (p < .05) from low density schools.
NOTE: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native. School density indicates the proportion of AI/AN students enrolled. High density schools have 25 percent or more AI/AN students. Low density schools have less than 25 percent. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. View complete data for grades 4 and 8 with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

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Reading assignments for fourth-grade AI/AN students at high density schools lower than at low density schools; no difference seen at eighth grade

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