Table 108. | Percent of students at or above selected reading proficiency levels,\1\ by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 1971 to 1992 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sex, | 9-year-olds\2\ | 13-year-olds\2\ | 17-year-olds\2\ race/ethnicity,|_________________________________________|___________________________________________|_____________________________________________ and level |1971 |1975 |1980 |1984 |1988 |1990 |1992 |1971 |1975 | 1980 |1984 | 1988 |1990 |1992 |1971 |1975 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 |1992 _______________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|______|______|_____ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 _______________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|______|______|_____ Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\3\.|90.6 |93.1 |94.6 |92.3 |92.7 |90.1 |92.3 |99.8 |99.7 | 99.9 |99.8 | 99.9 |99.8 |99.5 |99.6 |99.7 | 99.9 |100.0 |100.0 | 99.9 |99.8 Level 200\4\.|58.7 |62.1 |67.7 |61.5 |62.6 |58.9 |62.0 |93.0 |93.2 | 94.8 |93.9 | 94.9 |93.8 |92.7 |96.0 |96.4 | 97.2 | 98.3 | 98.9 | 98.1 |97.1 Level 250\5\.|15.6 |14.6 |17.7 |17.2 |17.5 |18.4 |16.2 |57.8 |58.6 | 60.7 |59.0 | 58.7 |58.7 |61.6 |78.6 |80.1 | 80.7 | 83.1 | 85.7 | 84.1 |82.5 Level 300\6\.| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.8 |10.2 | 11.3 |11.0 | 10.9 |11.0 |15.3 |39.0 |38.7 | 37.8 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 41.4 |43.2 Level 350\7\.| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\3\.|87.9 |91.0 |92.9 |90.4 |90.4 |87.9 |90.2 |99.6 |99.6 | 99.8 |99.7 | 99.7 |99.7 |99.2 |99.4 |99.5 | 99.8 | 99.9 |100.0 | 99.8 |99.7 Level 200\4\.|52.7 |56.2 |62.7 |58.0 |58.4 |53.8 |56.9 |90.7 |90.9 | 93.4 |92.2 | 92.8 |91.4 |90.4 |94.7 |95.3 | 96.3 | 97.6 | 98.5 | 97.0 |96.3 Level 250\5\.|12.0 |11.5 |14.6 |15.9 |15.8 |16.1 |14.2 |51.6 |51.7 | 55.9 |54.0 | 52.3 |52.4 |55.5 |74.4 |75.6 | 77.9 | 79.6 | 82.9 | 79.7 |78.4 Level 300\6\.| 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 7.6 |12.8 |33.9 |33.7 | 35.0 | 35.4 | 37.1 | 36.1 |38.4 Level 350\7\.| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Female | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\3\.|93.2 |95.3 |96.4 |94.2 |94.9 |92.4 |94.4 |99.9 |99.9 | 99.9 |99.9 |100.0 |99.9 |99.8 |99.8 |99.8 | 99.9 | 99.9 |100.0 |100.0 |99.9 Level 200\4\.|64.6 |68.1 |72.7 |65.2 |66.9 |64.2 |67.3 |95.2 |95.5 | 96.1 |95.8 | 96.9 |96.3 |95.0 |97.3 |97.5 | 98.1 | 99.0 | 99.3 | 99.2 |97.9 Level 250\5\.|19.2 |17.7 |20.7 |18.4 |19.1 |20.8 |18.2 |64.0 |65.5 | 65.4 |64.0 | 65.0 |65.0 |67.5 |82.6 |84.3 | 83.6 | 86.8 | 88.2 | 88.6 |86.8 Level 300\6\.| 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 |12.3 |13.5 | 13.5 |13.2 | 13.2 |14.5 |17.7 |44.0 |43.6 | 40.7 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 46.8 |48.5 Level 350\7\.| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | White\8\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\3\.|94.0 |96.0 |97.1 |95.4 |95.1 |93.5 |95.8 |99.9 |99.9 |100.0 |99.9 | 99.9 |99.9 |99.8 |99.9 |99.9 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |99.9 Level 200\4\.|65.0 |69.0 |74.2 |68.6 |68.4 |66.0 |69.3 |96.2 |96.4 | 97.1 |96.2 | 96.0 |96.0 |95.9 |97.9 |98.6 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 99.3 | 98.8 |98.6 Level 250\5\.|18.0 |17.4 |21.0 |20.9 |20.3 |22.6 |19.6 |64.2 |65.5 | 67.8 |65.3 | 63.7 |64.8 |68.5 |83.7 |86.2 | 86.9 | 88.0 | 88.7 | 88.3 |88.0 Level 300\6\.| 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 |11.3 |12.1 | 13.6 |13.1 | 12.4 |13.3 |18.1 |43.2 |43.9 | 43.3 | 46.3 | 45.4 | 47.5 |50.1 Level 350\7\.| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 8.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black\8\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\3\.|69.7 |80.7 |84.9 |81.3 |83.2 |76.9 |79.6 |98.6 |98.4 | 99.3 |99.4 | 99.8 |99.4 |98.7 |97.6 |97.7 | 99.0 | 99.9 |100.0 | 99.6 |99.1 Level 200\4\.|22.0 |31.6 |41.3 |36.6 |39.4 |33.9 |36.6 |74.2 |76.9 | 84.1 |85.5 | 91.3 |87.7 |82.0 |81.9 |82.0 | 85.6 | 95.9 | 98.0 | 95.7 |91.6 Level 250\5\.| 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 |21.1 |24.8 | 30.1 |34.6 | 40.2 |41.7 |38.4 |40.1 |43.0 | 44.0 | 65.7 | 75.8 | 69.1 |61.4 Level 300\6\.| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 16.2 | 24.9 | 19.7 |16.9 Level 350\7\.| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Level 150\3\.| --- |80.8 |84.5 |82.0 |85.6 |83.7 |83.4 | --- |99.6 | 99.7 |99.5 | 99.2 |99.1 |98.1 | --- |99.3 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.7 |99.8 Level 200\4\.| --- |34.6 |41.6 |39.6 |45.9 |40.9 |43.1 | --- |81.3 | 86.8 |86.7 | 87.4 |85.8 |83.4 | --- |88.7 | 93.3 | 95.6 | 96.3 | 95.9 |93.4 Level 250\5\.| --- | 2.6 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | --- |32.0 | 35.4 |39.0 | 38.0 |37.2 |40.9 | --- |52.9 | 62.2 | 68.3 | 71.5 | 75.2 |69.2 Level 300\6\.| --- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | --- | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 6.0 | --- |12.6 | 16.5 | 21.2 | 23.3 | 27.1 |27.3 Level 350\7\.| --- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | --- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | --- | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 _______________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|______|______|_____ |
\1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, The Reading Report Card, 1971-88 and NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared April 1994.) |