| Table 108. | Percent of students at or above selected reading proficiency levels,\1\ by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: 1971 to 1992 |
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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
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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| \1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
\2\All participants of this age were in school. \3\Able to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, discrete reading tasks. \4\Able to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. \5\Able to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. \6\Able fo find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. \7\Able to understand the links between ideas even when those links are not explicitly stated and to make appropriate generalizations even when the texts lack clear introductions or explanations. \8\Data for 1971 include persons of Hispanic origin. ---Data not available. 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.)
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