Assessments - Reading/Writing:
Year of Data: 2011
![Approximately 46 percent of fourth-graders in the nation read for fun on their own time almost every day in 2011.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/11_1_11.gif)
Approximately 46 percent of fourth-graders in the nation read for fun on their own time almost every day in 2011.
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Early Childhood - Kindergarten:
Year of Data: 2005
![Children spend 26.7 hours in non-relative care and 24.3 in relative care per week in 2005.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/10_06_2006.gif)
Children spend 26.7 hours in non-relative care and 24.3 in relative care per week in 2005.
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Elementary/Secondary - Students:
Year of Data: 2009
![2009 graduates earned an average of 3 credits more over the course of their high school education than 1990 graduates. This translates to about 420 additional hours of instruction during their high school careers.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/4_13_11.gif)
2009 graduates earned an average of 3 credits more over the course of their high school education than 1990 graduates. This translates to about 420 additional hours of instruction during their high school careers.
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International - Assessments:
Year of Data: 2009
![PISA (International) 2009 Assessment<br />
15-year-olds reading literacy: 2009<br />
U.S. average score: 500<br />
OECD average score: 493](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/12_8_2010.gif)
PISA (International) 2009 Assessment
15-year-olds reading literacy: 2009
U.S. average score: 500
OECD average score: 493
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Library - Public:
Year of Data: 2002
![18% of households with a high school student, 16% of households with a college student, and 17% of households with job-seekers used a public library in the past month to use a computer or the Internet in 2002.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/01_19_2007.gif)
18% of households with a high school student, 16% of households with a college student, and 17% of households with job-seekers used a public library in the past month to use a computer or the Internet in 2002.
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Postsecondary - Students:
Year of Data: 2006
![Between 1995 and 2006, the enrollment<br />of students under age 25 increased by 33 percent. Enrollment of people 25 and over rose by 13 percent during the same period.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/9_2_2009.gif)
Between 1995 and 2006, the enrollment
of students under age 25 increased by 33 percent. Enrollment of people 25 and over rose by 13 percent during the same period.
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References/Other - Other:
Year of Data: 2009
![Instruction accounted for 61.0% percent of all current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education in FY 07. Total support services accounted for 35.0%, food services accounted for 3.8%, and enterprise operations made up 0.2% of total current expenditures.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120927184518im_/http://nces.ed.gov/images/3_30_2009.gif)
Instruction accounted for 61.0% percent of all current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education in FY 07. Total support services accounted for 35.0%, food services accounted for 3.8%, and enterprise operations made up 0.2% of total current expenditures.
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