Table 113. | Percent of students at or above selected reading score levels, by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1971 to 1999 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Score level, | | | | | | | | | | sex, and | | | | | | | | | | race/ethnicity | 1971 | 1975 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1999 _______________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 _______________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 9-year-olds | Total | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|90.6(0.5)|93.1(0.4)| 94.6(0.4)| 92.3(0.3)| 92.7(0.7)| 90.1(0.9)| 92.3(0.4)| 92.1(0.7)| 93.5(0.6)| 93.0(0.7) Level 200\2\.|58.7(1.0)|62.1(0.8)| 67.7(1.0)| 61.5(0.7)| 62.6(1.3)| 58.9(1.3)| 62.0(1.1)| 63.3(1.4)| 64.2(1.3)| 63.7(1.4) Level 250\3\.|15.6(0.6)|14.6(0.6)| 17.7(0.8)| 17.2(0.6)| 17.5(1.1)| 18.4(1.0)| 16.2(0.8)| 16.5(1.2)| 16.7(0.8)| 15.9(1.0) | | | | | | | | | | Male | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|87.9(0.7)|91.0(0.5)| 92.9(0.5)| 90.4(0.5)| 90.4(0.9)| 87.9(1.4)| 90.2(0.8)| 90.2(1.0)| 91.6(0.8)| 91.0(1.1) Level 200\2\.|52.7(1.2)|56.2(1.0)| 62.7(1.1)| 58.0(0.9)| 58.4(1.8)| 53.8(1.9)| 56.9(1.6)| 59.2(1.5)| 58.3(2.0)| 61.0(1.8) Level 250\3\.|12.0(0.6)|11.5(0.6)| 14.6(0.9)| 15.9(0.7)| 15.8(1.4)| 16.1(1.2)| 14.2(1.0)| 15.2(1.2)| 14.1(1.3)| 15.0(1.3) | | | | | | | | | | Female | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|93.2(0.5)|95.3(0.3)| 96.4(0.4)| 94.2(0.4)| 94.9(1.0)| 92.4(1.1)| 94.4(0.6)| 94.0(0.8)| 95.3(0.6)| 95.0(0.8) Level 200\2\.|64.6(1.1)|68.1(0.8)| 72.7(1.0)| 65.2(0.8)| 66.9(1.4)| 64.2(1.2)| 67.3(1.2)| 67.3(1.9)| 69.9(1.6)| 67.0(1.6) Level 250\3\.|19.2(0.8)|17.7(0.8)| 20.7(1.0)| 18.4(0.7)| 19.1(1.2)| 20.8(1.2)| 18.2(1.1)| 17.8(1.5)| 19.2(1.3)| 17.0(1.3) | | | | | | | | | | White\4\ | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|94.0(0.4)|96.0(0.3)| 97.1(0.2)| 95.4(0.3)| 95.1(0.7)| 93.5(0.9)| 95.8(0.5)| 95.7(0.5)| 96.4(0.6)| 97.0(0.4) Level 200\2\.|65.0(1.0)|69.0(0.8)| 74.2(0.7)| 68.6(0.8)| 68.4(1.6)| 66.0(1.4)| 69.3(1.2)| 70.1(1.5)| 71.4(1.5)| 73.0(1.6) Level 250\3\.|18.0(0.7)|17.4(0.7)| 21.0(0.9)| 20.9(0.7)| 20.3(1.5)| 22.6(1.2)| 19.6(1.0)| 19.7(1.5)| 20.4(1.1)| 20.0(1.4) | | | | | | | | | | Black\4\ | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|69.7(1.7)|80.7(1.1)| 84.9(1.4)| 81.3(1.0)| 83.2(2.4)| 76.9(2.7)| 79.6(2.2)| 78.7(2.4)| 84.5(1.9)| 82.0(2.5) Level 200\2\.|22.0(1.5)|31.6(1.5)| 41.3(1.9)| 36.6(1.5)| 39.4(2.9)| 33.9(3.4)| 36.6(2.2)| 38.3(2.8)| 41.8(3.2)| 36.0(3.0) Level 250\3\.| 1.6(0.5)| 2.0(0.3)| 4.1(0.6)| 4.5(0.5)| 5.6(1.2)| 5.2(1.5)| 4.6(0.8)| 4.4(1.5)| 6.0(1.1)| 4.0(1.1) | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|--- (---)|80.8(2.5)| 84.5(1.8)| 82.0(2.1)| 85.6(3.5)| 83.7(1.8)| 83.4(2.6)| 80.4(4.6)| 85.8(2.4)| 87.0(3.3) Level 200\2\.|--- (---)|34.6(3.0)| 41.6(2.6)| 39.6(2.2)| 45.9(3.3)| 40.9(2.7)| 43.1(3.5)| 37.1(4.6)| 48.0(3.8)| 44.0(3.4) Level 250\3\.|--- (---)| 2.6(0.5)| 5.0(1.4)| 4.3(0.6)| 8.6(2.3)| 5.8(2.0)| 7.2(2.3)| 6.4(1.6)| 7.1(3.2)| 6.0(1.7) |_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 13-year-olds | Total | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.8 (#) |99.7(0.1)| 99.9(0.1)| 99.8 (#) | 99.9(0.1)| 99.8(0.1)| 99.5(0.3)| 99.3(0.2)| 99.6(0.2)| 99.6(0.2) Level 200\2\.|93.0(0.5)|93.2(0.4)| 94.8(0.4)| 93.9(0.3)| 94.9(0.6)| 93.8(0.6)| 92.7(0.7)| 91.7(0.6)| 92.1(0.7)| 93.2(0.7) Level 250\3\.|57.8(1.1)|58.6(1.0)| 60.7(1.1)| 59.0(0.6)| 58.7(1.3)| 58.7(1.0)| 61.6(1.4)| 60.4(1.2)| 59.9(1.3)| 60.9(1.5) Level 300\5\.| 9.8(0.5)|10.2(0.5)| 11.3(0.5)| 11.0(0.4)| 10.9(0.8)| 11.0(0.6)| 15.3(0.9)| 14.1(0.8)| 13.5(1.0)| 14.5(1.1) | | | | | | | | | | Male | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.6(0.1)|99.6(0.1)| 99.8(0.1)| 99.7(0.1)| 99.7(0.2)| 99.7(0.2)| 99.2(0.4)| 99.1(0.3)| 99.3(0.4)| 99.0(0.3) Level 200\2\.|90.7(0.7)|90.9(0.5)| 93.4(0.6)| 92.2(0.4)| 92.8(1.0)| 91.4(0.9)| 90.4(1.1)| 88.8(1.1)| 89.2(1.2)| 91.0(0.9) Level 250\3\.|51.6(1.2)|51.7(1.1)| 55.9(1.2)| 54.0(0.8)| 52.3(1.9)| 52.4(1.5)| 55.5(2.0)| 53.3(1.9)| 53.4(1.6)| 55.0(1.9) Level 300\5\.| 7.3(0.5)| 7.0(0.4)| 9.1(0.7)| 9.0(0.4)| 8.6(0.9)| 7.6(0.8)| 12.8(1.1)| 10.1(0.7)| 10.1(1.0)| 11.0(1.1) | | | | | | | | | | Female | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.9(0.1)|99.9(0.1)| 99.9 (#) | 99.9(0.1)|100.0(---)| 99.9(---)| 99.8(---)| 99.6(0.2)| 99.8(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|95.2(0.4)|95.5(0.4)| 96.1(0.4)| 95.8(0.3)| 96.9(0.6)| 96.3(0.6)| 95.0(0.7)| 94.9(0.6)| 94.9(0.6)| 96.0(0.7) Level 250\3\.|64.0(1.1)|65.5(1.2)| 65.4(1.1)| 64.0(0.7)| 65.0(1.4)| 65.0(1.5)| 67.5(1.4)| 67.9(1.7)| 66.2(1.6)| 66.0(1.9) Level 300\5\.|12.3(0.6)|13.5(0.7)| 13.5(0.6)| 13.2(0.5)| 13.2(0.9)| 14.5(0.9)| 17.7(1.1)| 18.4(1.1)| 16.8(1.3)| 18.0(1.7) | | | | | | | | | | White\5\ | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.9 (#) |99.9 (#) |100.0(---)| 99.9 (#) | 99.9(---)| 99.9(0.1)| 99.8(0.1)| 99.6(0.2)| 99.7(0.2)|100.0(0.1) Level 200\2\.|96.2(0.3)|96.4(0.2)| 97.1(0.2)| 96.2(0.3)| 96.0(0.6)| 96.0(0.6)| 95.9(0.6)| 95.0(0.7)| 95.5(0.5)| 96.0(0.6) Level 250\3\.|64.2(0.9)|65.5(0.9)| 67.8(0.8)| 65.3(0.7)| 63.7(1.5)| 64.8(1.2)| 68.5(1.4)| 68.1(1.3)| 68.7(1.4)| 69.0(1.7) Level 300\5\.|11.3(0.5)|12.1(0.5)| 13.6(0.6)| 13.1(0.5)| 12.4(0.9)| 13.3(0.9)| 18.1(1.1)| 17.2(1.0)| 16.9(1.3)| 18.0(1.4) | | | | | | | | | | Black\4\ | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|98.6(0.3)|98.4(0.3)| 99.3(0.3)| 99.4(0.2)| 99.8(---)| 99.4(---)| 98.7(---)| 98.6(---)| 99.4(---)| 99.0(---) Level 200\2\.|74.2(1.7)|76.9(1.3)| 84.1(1.7)| 85.5(1.0)| 91.3(2.2)| 87.7(2.3)| 82.0(2.7)| 80.6(2.3)| 81.5(3.2)| 85.0(2.3) Level 250\3\.|21.1(1.2)|24.8(1.6)| 30.1(2.0)| 34.6(1.2)| 40.2(2.3)| 41.7(3.5)| 38.4(2.7)| 35.6(3.5)| 34.0(3.9)| 38.0(2.7) Level 300\5\.| 0.8(0.2)| 1.5(0.3)| 1.8(0.5)| 2.8(0.5)| 4.6(1.2)| 4.6(0.8)| 5.7(1.4)| 3.9(1.2)| 3.0(0.9)| 5.0(1.4) | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|--- (---)|99.6(0.3)| 99.7(---)| 99.5(---)| 99.2(---)| 99.1(0.5)| 98.1(---)| 98.7(---)| 98.6(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|--- (---)|81.3(2.3)| 86.8(2.4)| 86.7(1.5)| 87.4(2.6)| 85.8(2.4)| 83.4(3.5)| 82.4(2.7)| 84.9(3.2)| 89.0(2.8) Level 250\3\.|--- (---)|32.0(3.6)| 35.4(2.6)| 39.0(2.1)| 38.0(4.4)| 37.2(2.9)| 40.9(5.1)| 33.9(3.9)| 38.1(3.7)| 43.0(3.8) Level 300\5\.|--- (---)| 2.2(1.0)| 2.3(0.6)| 4.1(0.7)| 4.4(1.9)| 3.9(1.2)| 6.0(1.9)| 4.3(1.8)| 5.4(1.7)| 6.0(1.8) |_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 17-year-olds | Total | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.6(0.1)|99.7(0.1)| 99.9(0.1)|100.0(0.0)|100.0(---)| 99.9(---)| 99.8(0.1)| 99.8(0.1)|100.0(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|96.0(0.3)|96.4(0.3)| 97.2(0.3)| 98.3(0.1)| 98.9(0.3)| 98.1(0.3)| 97.1(0.4)| 96.8(0.5)| 97.5(0.5)| 97.6(0.4) Level 250\3\.|78.6(0.9)|80.1(0.7)| 80.7(0.9)| 83.1(0.5)| 85.7(0.8)| 84.1(1.0)| 82.5(0.8)| 80.8(1.0)| 81.8(0.8)| 82.0(1.0) Level 300\5\.|39.0(1.0)|38.7(0.8)| 37.8(1.1)| 40.3(0.8)| 40.9(1.5)| 41.4(1.0)| 43.2(1.1)| 41.0(1.2)| 39.4(1.4)| 39.6(1.4) | | | | | | | | | | Male | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.4(0.1)|99.5(0.2)| 99.8(0.1)| 99.9(0.0)|100.0(---)| 99.8(---)| 99.7(0.2)| 99.7(---)| 99.9(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|94.7(0.4)|95.3(0.4)| 96.3(0.5)| 97.6(0.2)| 98.5(0.5)| 97.0(0.6)| 96.3(0.7)| 95.5(0.9)| 96.4(0.8)| 97.0(0.6) Level 250\3\.|74.4(1.0)|75.6(0.8)| 77.9(1.0)| 79.6(0.6)| 82.9(1.4)| 79.7(1.4)| 78.4(1.2)| 76.2(1.5)| 77.0(1.2)| 77.0(1.5) Level 300\5\.|33.9(1.1)|33.7(1.0)| 35.0(1.3)| 35.4(0.8)| 37.1(2.3)| 36.1(1.5)| 38.4(1.6)| 35.6(1.9)| 33.6(1.9)| 34.0(1.7) | | | | | | | | | | Female | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.8(0.1)|99.8(0.1)| 99.9(---)| 99.9(---)|100.0(---)|100.0(---)| 99.9(---)| 99.9(---)|100.0(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|97.3(0.3)|97.5(0.4)| 98.1(0.3)| 99.0(0.1)| 99.3(0.3)| 99.2(0.3)| 97.9(0.4)| 98.0(0.5)| 98.6(0.5)| 99.0(0.4) Level 250\3\.|82.6(1.0)|84.3(0.9)| 83.6(1.0)| 86.8(0.6)| 88.2(1.1)| 88.6(1.0)| 86.8(1.1)| 85.6(1.2)| 86.8(1.0)| 87.0(1.0) Level 300\5\.|44.0(1.2)|43.6(0.9)| 40.7(1.2)| 45.0(0.9)| 44.4(2.0)| 46.8(1.3)| 48.5(1.5)| 46.5(1.5)| 45.4(1.7)| 45.0(1.8) | | | | | | | | | | White\5\ | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|99.9 0.0 |99.9(0.0)|100.0(---)|100.0(---)|100.0(---)|100.0(---)| 99.9(---)|100.0(---)|100.0(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|97.9(0.2)|98.6(0.1)| 99.1(0.1)| 99.0(0.1)| 99.3(0.3)| 98.8(0.2)| 98.6(0.3)| 98.1(0.4)| 98.5(0.4)| 98.0(0.4) Level 250\3\.|83.7(0.7)|86.2(0.6)| 86.9(0.6)| 88.0(0.5)| 88.7(0.9)| 88.3(1.1)| 88.0(0.9)| 86.2(1.1)| 87.0(0.8)| 87.0(1.3) Level 300\5\.|43.2(0.9)|43.9(0.8)| 43.3(1.1)| 46.3(0.9)| 45.4(1.6)| 47.5(1.2)| 50.1(1.4)| 47.7(1.4)| 46.0(1.5)| 46.0(1.5) | | | | | | | | | | Black\4\ | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|97.6(0.4)|97.7(0.8)| 99.0(0.3)| 99.9(---)|100.0(---)| 99.6(---)| 99.1(---)| 99.5(---)| 99.8(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|81.9(1.5)|82.0(1.8)| 85.6(1.7)| 95.9(0.5)| 98.0(1.0)| 95.7(1.3)| 91.6(1.6)| 93.4(2.0)| 94.9(1.9)| 95.0(1.1) Level 250\3\.|40.1(1.6)|43.0(1.6)| 44.0(2.0)| 65.7(1.2)| 75.8(2.4)| 69.1(2.8)| 61.4(2.3)| 65.7(4.1)| 67.9(4.0)| 66.0(2.5) Level 300\5\.| 7.7(0.9)| 8.1(0.7)| 7.1(0.8)| 16.2(0.9)| 24.9(3.1)| 19.7(1.8)| 16.9(2.5)| 21.5(3.7)| 18.5(2.2)| 17.0(1.7) | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\1\.|--- (---)|99.3(0.4)| 99.8(---)| 99.8(---)| 99.9(---)| 99.7(---)| 99.8(---)| 99.0(---)| 99.9(---)|100.0(---) Level 200\2\.|--- (---)|88.7(2.4)| 93.3(1.8)| 95.6(0.7)| 96.3(2.4)| 95.9(2.1)| 93.4(2.3)| 91.1(3.4)| 94.1(1.9)| 97.0(---) Level 250\3\.|--- (---)|52.9(4.1)| 62.2(3.1)| 68.3(2.1)| 71.5(4.8)| 75.2(4.7)| 69.2(4.0)| 63.0(4.4)| 65.0(4.2)| 68.0(4.3) Level 300\5\.|--- (---)|12.6(2.7)| 16.5(2.1)| 21.2(2.3)| 23.3(3.7)| 27.1(3.3)| 27.3(3.2)| 20.1(3.0)| 20.5(4.8)| 24.0(3.8) _______________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Includes public and private schools. Reading proficiency levels measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). 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. 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 October 2001).
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