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(11 KB)| Table 114 | Student proficiency in reading, by age, amount of time spent on homework and reading habits: 1984, 1994, and 1996 |
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Time spent on homework | 9-year-olds\1\ | 13-year-olds\1\ | 17-year-olds\1\
and reading habits |_____________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________
| 1984 | 1994 | 1996 | 1984 | 1994 | 1996 | 1984 | 1994 | 1996
_______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
_______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
| Average proficiency score
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Materials read a few | | | | | | | | |
times a year or more | | | | | | | | |
Poems ...............|211 (1.9)|210 (2.9)|--- ---|260 (1.2)|261 (2.3)|--- ---|290 (1.5)|293 (2.1)|--- ---
Plays ...............|211 (2.5)|207 (3.0)|--- ---|260 (1.3)|263 (2.1)|--- ---|290 (1.7)|294 (2.4)|--- ---
Biographies .........|213 (2.4)|210 (3.4)|--- ---|261 (1.3)|261 (2.1)|--- ---|292 (1.4)|293 (2.4)|--- ---
Science books .......|212 (1.6)|211 (2.6)|--- ---|259 (1.2)|260 (2.1)|--- ---|289 (1.4)|293 (2.4)|--- ---
Books about other | | | | | | | | |
places .............|211 (1.7)|211 (2.6)|--- ---|259 (1.1)|260 (2.2)|--- ---|289 (1.4)|293 (2.3)|--- ---
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Frequency of reading | | | | | | | | |
for fun | | | | | | | | |
Daily ...............|214 (1.1)|215 (2.3)|213 (2.1)|264 (1.4)|272 (3.2)|270 (3.3)|297 (1.5)|302 (4.2)|301 (5.2)
Weekly ..............|212 (1.7)|214 (3.1)|212 (2.7)|255 (1.4)|255 (3.1)|259 (3.1)|290 (1.7)|286 (4.1)|292 (4.0)
Monthly .............|204 (3.3)|213 (5.8)|210 (5.2)|255 (2.1)|255 (5.7)|260 (4.5)|290 (1.8)|286 (4.5)|290 (5.6)
Yearly ..............|197 (4.2)|--- --- |--- ---|252 (3.6)|252 (5.4)|--- --- |280 (2.7)|281 (8.2)|285 (5.6)
Never ...............|198 (2.7)|193 (3.9)|199 (4.5)|239 (2.7)|237 (5.1)|238 (4.7)|269 (2.4)|258 (5.2)|269 (5.0)
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Time spent on homework | | | | | | | | |
each day | | | | | | | | |
None ................|213 (0.9)|213 (2.0)|210 (2.0)|254 (0.8)|250 (1.7)|256 (1.3)|276 (0.7)|273 (2.3)|273 (1.9)
Didn't do assignment |199 (2.1)|200 (4.3)|195 (5.4)|247 (1.7)|243 (5.6)|251 (3.3)|287 (1.2)|285 (2.1)|281 (2.2)
Less than 1 hour ....|218 (0.7)|212 (1.4)|215 (1.0)|261 (0.6)|261 (1.3)|259 (1.6)|290 (0.8)|288 (1.6)|288 (1.5)
1 to 2 hours ........|216 (1.3)|214 (3.0)|220 (2.2)|266 (0.7)|268 (1.7)|267 (1.6)|296 (0.8)|297 (1.7)|295 (2.1)
More than 2 hours ...|201 (1.8)|193 (6.1)|198 (4.7)|265 (1.2)|270 (2.4)|269 (2.3)|303 (1.1)|306 (3.1)|307 (3.4)
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| Percent
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Materials read a few | | | | | | | | |
times a year or more | | | | | | | | |
Poems ...............| 70 (1.5)| 62 (2.3)| 60 (1.9)| 68 (1.3)| 79 (1.4)| 80 (1.9)| 76 (1.1)| 85 (2.2)| 80 (1.8)
Plays ...............| 56 (1.4)| 45 (2.2)| 42 (2.3)| 59 (1.4)| 63 (2.3)| 67 (2.1)| 63 (1.0)| 70 (2.1)| 67 (1.6)
Biographies .........| 45 (1.5)| 47 (2.1)| 46 (2.4)| 62 (1.3)| 68 (1.7)| 65 (2.6)| 59 (1.2)| 69 (1.8)| 66 (1.7)
Science books .......| 84 (1.3)| 87 (1.8)| 83 (2.2)| 90 (1.1)| 92 (1.4)| 90 (1.9)| 70 (1.1)| 84 (1.9)| 82 (2.0)
Books about other | | | | | | | | |
places .............| 79 (1.2)| 79 (2.0)| 78 (1.6)| 83 (1.1)| 83 (1.8)| 84 (1.8)| 81 (0.9)| 82 (2.0)| 81 (0.9)
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Frequency of reading | | | | | | | | |
for fun .............|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---
Daily ...............| 53 (1.0)| 58 (1.6)| 54 (1.9)| 35 (1.0)| 32 (1.8)| 32 (1.9)| 31 (0.8)| 30 (2.6)| 23 (2.0)
Weekly ..............| 28 (0.8)| 25 (1.5)| 27 (1.8)| 35 (1.2)| 32 (2.1)| 31 (2.1)| 34 (1.1)| 31 (1.9)| 32 (2.7)
Monthly .............| 7 (0.6)| 5 (0.6)| 8 (1.0)| 14 (0.8)| 14 (1.7)| 15 (1.4)| 17 (0.5)| 15 (1.5)| 17 (1.5)
Yearly ..............| 3 (0.3)| 3 (0.6)| 3 (0.5)| 7 (0.5)| 10 (1.2)| 9 (1.2)| 10 (0.5)| 12 (1.5)| 12 (1.6)
Never ...............| 9 (0.5)| 9 (0.8)| 8 (0.8)| 9 (0.6)| 12 (1.7)| 13 (1.5)| 9 (0.6)| 12 (1.4)| 16 (2.1)
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Time spent on homework | | | | | | | | |
each day ............|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---|100 ---
None ................| 36 (1.3)| 32 (2.1)| 26 (1.6)| 23 (0.8)| 23 (1.4)| 22 (1.8)| 22 (0.9)| 23 (1.4)| 23 (1.4)
Didn't do assignment | 4 (0.3)| 5 (0.4)| 4 (0.3)| 4 (0.2)| 6 (0.6)| 5 (0.5)| 11 (0.3)| 11 (0.6)| 13 (0.6)
Less than 1 hour ....| 42 (1.0)| 48 (1.7)| 53 (1.5)| 36 (0.7)| 34 (1.0)| 37 (1.2)| 26 (0.4)| 27 (0.9)| 28 (0.9)
1 to 2 hours ........| 13 (0.5)| 12 (0.7)| 13 (0.7)| 29 (0.5)| 28 (1.0)| 27 (1.2)| 27 (0.5)| 26 (1.2)| 24 (1.0)
More than 2 hours ...| 6 (0.2)| 4 (0.4)| 4 (0.3)| 9 (0.3)| 9 (0.7)| 8 (0.9)| 13 (0.6)| 13 (0.9)| 11 (0.7)
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\1\Excludes persons not enrolled in school.
---Data not available. 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. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. 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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