Table 110. | Average student scale score in reading, by age and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1971 to 1999 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Selected student and | | | | | | | | | | school characteristics | 1971 | 1975 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1999 ____________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ____________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 9-year-olds\1\ | | | | | | | | | | Total ......................|207.6(1.0)|210.0(0.7)|215.0(1.0)|210.9(0.7)|211.8(1.1)|209.2(1.2)|210.5(0.9)|211.0(1.2)|212.5(1.0)|211.7(1.3) | | | | | | | | | | Sex | | | | | | | | | | Male .....................|201.2(1.1)|204.3(0.8)|210.0(1.1)|207.5(0.8)|207.5(1.4)|204.0(1.7)|205.9(1.3)|207.3(1.3)|207.0(1.4)|208.5(1.6) Female ...................|213.9(1.0)|215.8(0.8)|220.1(1.1)|214.2(0.8)|216.3(1.3)|214.5(1.2)|215.4(0.9)|214.7(1.4)|217.8(1.1)|214.8(1.5) | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ......|214.0(0.9)|216.6(0.7)|221.3(0.8)|218.2(0.8)|217.7(1.4)|217.0(1.3)|217.9(1.0)|218.0(1.3)|219.6(1.2)|221.0(1.6) Black, non-Hispanic ......|170.1(1.7)|181.2(1.2)|189.3(1.8)|185.7(1.1)|188.5(2.4)|181.8(2.9)|184.5(2.2)|185.4(2.3)|190.9(2.6)|185.5(2.3) Hispanic .................|(\1\)(---)|182.7(2.2)|190.2(2.3)|187.2(2.1)|193.7(3.5)|189.4(2.3)|191.7(3.1)|185.9(3.9)|194.8(3.4)|193.0(2.7) | | | | | | | | | | Control of school | | | | | | | | | | Public ...................| --- (---)| --- (---)|213.5(1.1)|209.4(0.8)|210.2(1.2)|207.5(1.4)|208.6(1.0)|209.4(1.4)|210.2(1.0)|209.9(1.3) Private ..................| --- (---)| --- (---)|227.0(1.8)|222.8(1.6)|223.4(3.0)|228.3(3.3)|224.7(2.3)|225.0(2.7)|226.6(3.0)|225.7(3.3) | | | | | | | | | | Region | | | | | | | | | | Northeast ................|213.0(1.7)|214.8(1.3)|221.1(2.1)|215.7(1.7)|215.2(2.6)|217.4(2.2)|217.6(2.6)|217.4(2.9)|220.0(1.8)|222.0(3.5) Southeast ................|193.9(2.9)|201.1(1.2)|210.3(2.3)|204.3(1.6)|207.2(2.1)|197.4(3.2)|199.3(2.0)|208.4(3.0)|206.0(2.8)|205.0(2.3) Central ..................|214.9(1.2)|215.5(1.2)|216.7(1.4)|215.3(1.5)|218.2(2.2)|212.7(2.0)|215.8(1.6)|214.3(2.3)|215.0(2.6)|215.0(3.9) West .....................|205.0(2.0)|207.0(2.0)|212.8(1.8)|207.8(1.5)|207.9(2.6)|209.6(2.8)|209.3(2.3)|205.1(2.8)|210.0(1.9)|206.0(1.8) | | | | | | | | | | 13-year-olds | | | | | | | | | | Total ......................|255.2(0.9)|255.9(0.8)|258.5(0.9)|257.1(0.5)|257.5(1.0)|256.8(0.8)|259.8(1.2)|257.9(0.9)|257.9(1.0)|259.4(1.0) | | | | | | | | | | Sex | | | | | | | | | | Male .....................|249.6(1.0)|249.6(0.8)|254.3(1.1)|252.6(0.6)|251.8(1.3)|250.5(1.1)|254.1(1.7)|250.6(1.2)|251.1(1.2)|253.5(1.3) Female ...................|260.8(0.9)|262.3(0.9)|262.6(0.9)|261.7(0.6)|263.0(1.0)|263.1(1.1)|265.3(1.2)|265.7(1.2)|264.3(1.2)|265.2(1.2) | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ......|260.9(0.7)|262.1(0.7)|264.4(0.7)|262.6(0.6)|261.3(1.1)|262.3(0.9)|266.4(1.2)|265.1(1.1)|265.9(1.0)|266.7(1.2) Black, non-Hispanic ......|222.4(1.2)|225.7(1.2)|232.8(1.5)|236.3(1.0)|242.9(2.4)|241.5(2.2)|237.6(2.3)|234.3(2.4)|234.0(2.6)|238.2(2.4) Hispanic .................|(\1\)(---)|232.5(3.0)|237.2(2.0)|239.6(1.7)|240.1(3.5)|237.8(2.3)|239.2(3.5)|235.1(1.9)|238.3(2.9)|243.8(2.9) | | | | | | | | | | Control of school | | | | | | | | | | Public ...................| --- (---)| --- (---)|256.9(1.1)|255.2(0.6)|256.1(1.0)|255.0(0.8)|257.2(1.3)|255.6(1.0)|256.0(1.1)|256.9(1.4) Private ..................| --- (---)| --- (---)|270.6(1.5)|271.2(1.7)|268.3(2.8)|269.7(2.9)|276.3(2.6)|275.8(3.4)|273.0(3.4)|276.4(3.4) | | | | | | | | | | Region | | | | | | | | | | Northeast ................|261.1(2.0)|258.5(1.8)|260.0(1.8)|260.4(0.6)|258.6(2.4)|258.9(1.8)|264.6(3.2)|269.0(2.0)|259.0(2.6)|263.0(2.9) Southeast ................|244.7(1.7)|249.3(1.5)|252.6(1.6)|256.4(1.5)|257.6(2.2)|255.5(2.2)|253.8(2.5)|252.7(2.5)|251.0(3.3)|254.0(2.4) Central ..................|260.1(1.8)|261.5(1.4)|264.5(1.4)|258.8(1.0)|255.9(2.0)|257.4(1.5)|263.5(3.0)|259.3(3.3)|267.0(1.8)|261.0(1.9) West .....................|253.6(1.3)|253.2(1.7)|256.4(2.0)|253.8(0.9)|257.9(2.1)|255.6(1.6)|257.5(1.6)|252.9(2.1)|257.0(1.7)|259.0(2.2) | | | | | | | | | | 17-year-olds | | | | | | | | | | Total ......................|285.2(1.2)|285.6(0.8)|285.5(1.2)|288.8(0.6)|290.1(1.0)|290.2(1.1)|289.7(1.1)|288.1(1.3)|287.6(1.1)|287.8(1.3) | | | | | | | | | | Sex | | | | | | | | | | Male .....................|278.9(1.2)|279.7(1.0)|281.8(1.3)|283.8(0.6)|286.0(1.5)|284.0(1.6)|284.2(1.6)|281.7(2.2)|280.6(1.3)|281.5(1.6) Female ...................|291.3(1.3)|291.2(1.0)|289.2(1.2)|293.9(0.8)|293.8(1.5)|296.5(1.2)|295.7(1.1)|294.7(1.5)|295.1(1.2)|294.6(1.4) | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ......|291.4(1.0)|293.0(0.6)|292.8(0.9)|295.2(0.7)|294.7(1.2)|296.6(1.2)|297.4(1.4)|295.7(1.5)|295.1(1.2)|294.6(1.4) Black, non-Hispanic ......|238.7(1.7)|240.6(2.0)|243.1(1.8)|264.3(1.0)|274.4(2.4)|267.3(2.3)|260.6(2.1)|266.2(3.9)|266.1(2.7)|263.9(1.7) Hispanic .................|(\1\)(---)|252.4(3.6)|261.4(2.7)|268.1(2.2)|270.8(4.3)|274.8(3.6)|271.2(3.7)|263.2(4.9)|265.4(4.1)|270.7(3.9) | | | | | | | | | | Parents' highest level | | | | | | | | | | of education Not high school graduate .|261.3(1.5)|262.5(1.3)|262.1(1.5)|269.4(1.1)|267.4(2.0)|269.7(2.8)|270.8(3.9)|267.9(2.7)|267.3(3.2)|264.8(3.6) Graduated high school ....|283.0(1.2)|281.4(1.1)|277.5(1.0)|281.2(0.7)|282.0(1.3)|282.9(1.4)|280.5(1.6)|276.1(1.9)|273.4(1.7)|273.9(2.1) Post high school .........|302.2(1.0)|300.6(0.7)|298.9(1.0)|301.2(0.7)|299.5(1.3)|299.9(1.1)|298.6(1.4)|298.5(1.4)|297.7(1.2)|297.5(1.2) | | | | | | | | | | Control of school | | | | | | | | | | Public ...................| --- (---)| --- (---)|284.4(1.2)|287.2(0.6)|288.7(1.0)|288.6(1.1)|287.8(1.0)|286.0(1.5)|287.0(1.1)|285.6(1.3) Private ..................| --- (---)| --- (---)|298.4(2.7)|303.0(2.0)|299.6(3.8)|311.0(4.2)|309.6(4.2)|306.1(5.8)|294.2(5.7)|307.2(3.5) | | | | | | | | | | Region | | | | | | | | | | Northeast ................|291.3(2.8)|289.1(1.7)|285.9(2.4)|292.2(1.9)|294.8(2.9)|295.7(1.8)|297.3(3.2)|296.8(4.2)|292.0(2.8)|295.0(4.0) Southeast ................|270.5(2.4)|276.5(1.4)|280.1(2.2)|284.7(1.6)|285.5(2.1)|285.1(2.5)|278.4(2.9)|283.5(2.8)|279.0(2.6)|279.0(2.4) Central ..................|290.7(2.1)|291.8(1.4)|287.4(2.2)|290.0(1.4)|291.2(1.9)|293.5(2.4)|293.8(2.1)|285.7(3.7)|293.0(2.1)|292.0(1.5) West .....................|283.7(1.8)|281.6(1.9)|287.3(2.1)|288.4(1.1)|289.0(1.8)|286.8(2.6)|290.4(2.3)|287.8(2.8)|287.0(2.4)|286.0(3.0) ____________________________|_____________________|_____________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
---Not available. NOTE: These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Includes public and private schools. The NAEP scores have been evaluated at certain performance levels. A score of 300 implies an ability to find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. A score of 250 implies an ability to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. A score of 200 implies an ability to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. A score of 150 implies an ability to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, reading tasks. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Excludes persons not enrolled in school and those who were unable to be tested due to limited proficiency in English or due to a disability. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP Trends in Academic Progress, various years, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared August 2000.)
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