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(10 KB)| Table 113 | Student proficiency in reading, by percentile and age: 1971 to 1996 |
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Percentile | 1971 | 1975 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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| 9-year-olds\1\
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Average ....|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)|212.4 (1.0)
Standard | | | | | | | | |
deviation | 42.1 (0.4)| 38.6 (0.3)| 37.9 (0.4)| 41.1 (0.4)| 41.2 (1.0)| 44.7 (0.8)| 40.3 (0.6)| 40.5 (0.8)| 40.5 (0.8)
|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
Percentiles | | | | | | | | |
5th ......|134.8 (2.0)|143.2 (1.3)|148.5 (1.6)|140.5 (1.2)|141.9 (3.6)|134.8 (3.2)|140.7 (1.6)|140.1 (2.6)|141.8 (2.8)
10th .....|151.6 (1.6)|159.2 (1.1)|165.1 (1.4)|156.7 (1.2)|156.7 (2.1)|150.1 (1.9)|156.0 (1.5)|155.6 (2.5)|157.6 (2.3)
25th .....|180.0 (1.3)|185.2 (0.8)|191.1 (1.2)|183.7 (1.2)|184.3 (1.8)|178.7 (1.8)|183.1 (1.5)|184.1 (1.9)|185.0 (1.3)
50th .....|209.3 (1.0)|211.9 (0.8)|217.2 (0.9)|212.6 (1.0)|213.7 (1.4)|210.3 (1.5)|213.6 (0.9)|214.8 (1.1)|215.5 (1.3)
75th .....|236.7 (1.0)|236.5 (0.9)|241.3 (1.0)|239.6 (0.9)|240.1 (1.3)|240.3 (1.8)|239.3 (1.2)|240.0 (1.5)|241.4 (1.1)
90th .....|260.5 (0.8)|258.1 (0.8)|261.7 (1.1)|262.8 (0.9)|263.0 (1.7)|265.7 (1.8)|259.9 (1.2)|260.1 (1.6)|261.5 (1.2)
95th .....|274.1 (0.9)|270.6 (0.1)|273.3 (1.6)|276.5 (1.4)|277.5 (2.0)|280.4 (1.3)|272.1 (1.2)|271.7 (1.5)|274.1 (1.2)
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| 13-year-olds\1\
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Average ....|255.2 (0.9)|255.9 (0.8)|258.5 (0.9)|257.1 (0.6)|257.5 (1.0)|256.8 (0.8)|259.8 (1.2)|257.9 (0.9)|259.1 (0.9)
Standard | | | | | | | | |
deviation | 35.7 (0.4)| 35.8 (0.3)| 34.9 (0.4)| 35.5 (0.3)| 34.7 (0.5)| 36.0 (0.6)| 39.4 (0.8)| 39.8 (0.7)| 38.4 (0.9)
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Percentiles | | | | | | | | |
5th ......|192.8 (1.8)|193.5 (1.1)|199.1 (1.9)|196.7 (1.1)|199.5 (1.7)|195.7 (1.9)|190.9 (2.8)|188.2 (4.9)|191.5 (2.2)
10th .....|207.8 (1.4)|208.7 (1.0)|212.8 (1.5)|210.2 (0.9)|212.9 (1.2)|209.8 (1.8)|207.9 (1.9)|205.1 (1.7)|208.5 (2.2)
25th .....|232.3 (1.2)|232.9 (1.0)|235.3 (1.1)|233.9 (0.8)|234.2 (1.2)|233.2 (1.0)|234.7 (1.8)|232.5 (1.2)|234.8 (1.5)
50th .....|257.0 (1.0)|257.7 (0.9)|259.6 (0.8)|258.2 (0.8)|257.9 (1.1)|257.3 (0.9)|261.6 (1.6)|260.1 (1.1)|261.2 (0.7)
75th .....|279.9 (0.8)|280.6 (0.8)|282.8 (0.8)|281.6 (0.6)|281.4 (1.4)|281.5 (0.8)|287.0 (1.4)|285.2 (1.1)|285.5 (0.9)
90th .....|299.6 (0.9)|300.5 (1.0)|302.3 (0.8)|301.7 (0.8)|301.6 (1.0)|302.0 (1.0)|309.2 (1.8)|307.4 (1.4)|306.5 (1.4)
95th .....|310.8 (0.9)|311.8 (1.0)|313.9 (0.8)|313.7 (1.0)|313.7 (1.3)|314.4 (1.3)|321.9 (2.6)|320.3 (1.4)|319.4 (1.9)
|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
| 17-year-olds\1\
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Average ....|285.2 (1.2)|285.6 (0.8)|285.5 (1.2)|288.8 (0.8)|290.1 (1.0)|290.2 (1.1)|289.7 (1.1)|288.1 (1.3)|286.9 (1.1)
Standard | | | | | | | | |
deviation | 45.8 (0.5)| 44.0 (0.6)| 41.8 (0.6)| 40.3 (0.3)| 37.1 (0.7)| 41.3 (0.7)| 43.0 (0.6)| 44.4 (1.0)| 42.3 (0.8)
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Percentiles | | | | | | | | |
5th ......|206.1 (1.5)|209.3 (3.0)|213.0 (1.7)|219.9 (1.3)|226.1 (1.3)|220.0 (2.3)|214.3 (2.9)|210.8 (3.6)|213.2 (2.4)
10th .....|225.3 (1.7)|228.4 (1.7)|230.6 (1.8)|236.0 (0.9)|241.5 (2.2)|236.9 (3.1)|232.7 (2.7)|230.0 (3.1)|231.4 (1.7)
25th .....|255.9 (1.6)|257.8 (1.1)|258.7 (1.2)|262.5 (1.1)|265.7 (1.8)|263.5 (1.3)|262.6 (1.1)|259.8 (1.8)|259.1 (1.3)
50th .....|287.7 (1.4)|287.9 (0.7)|287.5 (1.4)|290.3 (0.9)|291.1 (1.9)|291.1 (1.3)|293.0 (1.2)|289.9 (1.8)|288.2 (1.8)
75th .....|316.7 (1.0)|315.7 (0.7)|314.6 (1.2)|316.8 (0.9)|316.0 (1.4)|318.6 (1.5)|319.4 (1.4)|318.7 (1.8)|315.8 (1.7)
90th .....|341.7 (1.1)|340.0 (0.9)|337.5 (1.4)|339.6 (0.7)|336.9 (2.1)|342.7 (2.1)|342.7 (1.8)|343.0 (1.8)|340.4 (1.7)
95th .....|356.5 (1.5)|354.3 (0.7)|350.9 (1.3)|352.6 (1.0)|348.7 (1.8)|356.0 (1.7)|355.8 (1.9)|357.7 (1.7)|354.4 (2.6)
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\1\Excludes persons not enrolled in school.
NOTE. --These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). 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, discrete reading tasks. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared May 1999.)
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