| 2004 long-term trend reading, percentage of students by student group, age 13: Selected years, 1971–2004 |
| |
| Statistic |
Student group |
1971 |
1975 |
1980 |
1984 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1999 |
2004 Modified |
2004 Bridge |
| Percentage of students |
|
Total |
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
100 |
— |
|
| Gender |
Male |
50 |
(0.4) |
|
50 |
(0.5) |
|
49 |
(0.3) |
|
51 |
(0.4) |
|
50 |
(0.9) |
|
50 |
(0.9) |
|
49 |
(0.9) |
|
51 |
(0.8) |
|
49 |
(0.9) |
|
49 |
(1.0) |
|
51 |
(0.6) |
|
49 |
(0.8) |
|
| Female |
50 |
(0.4) |
|
50 |
(0.5) |
|
51 |
(0.3) |
|
49 |
(0.4) |
|
50 |
(0.9) |
|
50 |
(0.9) |
|
51 |
(0.9) |
|
49 |
(0.8) |
|
51 |
(0.9) |
|
51 |
(1.0) |
|
49 |
(0.6) |
|
51 |
(0.8) |
|
| Race/ethnicity |
White |
84 |
(1.4) |
* |
81 |
(1.2) |
* |
80 |
(1.8) |
* |
77 |
(0.6) |
* |
76 |
(0.7) |
* |
73 |
(0.8) |
* |
73 |
(0.7) |
* |
74 |
(0.5) |
* |
71 |
(0.8) |
* |
70 |
(0.7) |
* |
— |
— |
|
64 |
(1.8) |
|
| Black |
15 |
(1.4) |
|
13 |
(0.9) |
|
13 |
(1.3) |
|
14 |
(0.2) |
|
15 |
(0.3) |
|
15 |
(0.2) |
|
16 |
(0.4) |
|
15 |
(0.5) |
|
15 |
(0.5) |
|
16 |
(0.6) |
|
— |
— |
|
15 |
(1.3) |
|
| Hispanic |
— |
— |
|
5 |
(0.8) |
* |
6 |
(1.0) |
* |
7 |
(0.7) |
* |
6 |
(0.6) |
* |
8 |
(0.5) |
* |
7 |
(0.4) |
* |
8 |
(0.4) |
* |
9 |
(0.6) |
* |
10 |
(0.5) |
* |
— |
— |
|
16 |
(1.3) |
|
| Other |
1 |
(0.3) |
* |
2 |
(0.5) |
* |
1 |
(0.3) |
* |
2 |
(0.2) |
* |
2 |
(0.3) |
* |
3 |
(0.8) |
|
3 |
(0.3) |
|
3 |
(0.3) |
|
5 |
(1.0) |
|
3 |
(0.4) |
* |
— |
— |
|
5 |
(0.6) |
|
| Modal grade |
Below modal grade |
28 |
(0.9) |
* |
28 |
(0.9) |
* |
28 |
(1.2) |
* |
35 |
(0.4) |
* |
39 |
(0.5) |
|
39 |
(0.4) |
|
43 |
(0.7) |
* |
44 |
(0.5) |
* |
38 |
(0.8) |
|
38 |
(0.7) |
|
38 |
(1.1) |
|
38 |
(1.1) |
|
| At modal grade |
71 |
(0.9) |
* |
72 |
(0.9) |
* |
71 |
(1.3) |
* |
64 |
(0.4) |
* |
61 |
(0.3) |
|
60 |
(0.2) |
|
56 |
(0.5) |
* |
56 |
(0.5) |
* |
61 |
(0.7) |
|
62 |
(0.6) |
|
62 |
(1.1) |
|
62 |
(1.2) |
|
| Above modal grade |
1 |
(0.2) |
|
1 |
(0.1) |
|
1 |
(0.1) |
|
# |
(0.1) |
|
1 |
— |
|
# |
(0.3) |
|
1 |
(0.6) |
|
# |
— |
|
# |
(0.2) |
|
# |
— |
|
# |
(0.1) |
|
# |
— |
|
| Region |
Northeast |
24 |
(1.5) |
|
25 |
(1.1) |
* |
24 |
(2.2) |
|
22 |
(0.4) |
|
23 |
(2.2) |
|
23 |
(1.0) |
|
22 |
(0.8) |
|
20 |
(0.7) |
|
23 |
(2.3) |
|
22 |
(1.9) |
|
21 |
(1.3) |
|
21 |
(1.4) |
|
| Southeast |
24 |
(2.2) |
|
22 |
(1.1) |
|
24 |
(2.7) |
|
24 |
(1.9) |
|
24 |
(1.4) |
|
23 |
(0.8) |
|
23 |
(1.6) |
|
22 |
(1.6) |
|
25 |
(2.7) |
|
20 |
(2.3) |
|
25 |
(1.5) |
|
24 |
(1.6) |
|
| Central |
29 |
(2.2) |
* |
28 |
(1.3) |
* |
26 |
(3.5) |
|
26 |
(1.5) |
* |
26 |
(2.0) |
|
24 |
(0.7) |
|
26 |
(1.0) |
* |
27 |
(1.6) |
* |
22 |
(1.1) |
|
27 |
(1.3) |
* |
20 |
(1.5) |
|
20 |
(1.5) |
|
| West |
23 |
(2.3) |
* |
25 |
(1.1) |
* |
26 |
(2.3) |
* |
27 |
(0.7) |
* |
28 |
(1.0) |
* |
30 |
(0.9) |
* |
29 |
(1.2) |
* |
31 |
(1.1) |
|
30 |
(2.2) |
|
31 |
(1.7) |
|
34 |
(1.2) |
|
35 |
(1.5) |
|
| Type of location |
Central city |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
29 |
(2.4) |
|
27 |
(2.3) |
|
| Urban fringe |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
40 |
(2.1) |
|
40 |
(2.2) |
|
| Rural |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
31 |
(2.1) |
|
33 |
(2.3) |
|
| Parents' highest level of education |
Less than high school |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
10 |
(0.6) |
* |
9 |
(0.5) |
* |
8 |
(0.6) |
|
8 |
(0.6) |
|
6 |
(0.5) |
|
7 |
(0.6) |
|
5 |
(0.5) |
* |
6 |
(0.4) |
|
— |
— |
|
7 |
(0.5) |
|
| Graduated high school |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
31 |
(0.7) |
* |
36 |
(0.9) |
* |
31 |
(1.1) |
* |
31 |
(1.2) |
* |
28 |
(1.2) |
|
27 |
(1.2) |
|
29 |
(1.4) |
* |
25 |
(1.2) |
|
— |
— |
|
25 |
(0.9) |
|
| Some education after high school |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
16 |
(0.5) |
* |
10 |
(0.3) |
* |
10 |
(0.6) |
* |
11 |
(0.5) |
* |
11 |
(0.6) |
* |
11 |
(0.6) |
* |
10 |
(0.6) |
* |
10 |
(0.7) |
|
— |
— |
|
8 |
(0.4) |
|
| Graduated college |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
33 |
(1.2) |
* |
36 |
(1.2) |
* |
42 |
(1.6) |
* |
39 |
(1.5) |
* |
45 |
(1.7) |
|
47 |
(1.6) |
|
45 |
(1.7) |
|
48 |
(1.4) |
|
— |
— |
|
48 |
(1.3) |
|
| Unknown |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
10 |
(0.7) |
|
9 |
(0.3) |
* |
9 |
(0.7) |
* |
11 |
(0.6) |
|
9 |
(0.5) |
* |
9 |
(0.7) |
* |
10 |
(0.5) |
|
11 |
(0.7) |
|
— |
— |
|
12 |
(0.7) |
|
| Type of school |
Public |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
|
88 |
(1.3) |
* |
89 |
(1.0) |
* |
89 |
(2.5) |
|
88 |
(1.9) |
|
86 |
(1.9) |
* |
89 |
(1.5) |
|
88 |
(2.1) |
|
87 |
(2.8) |
|
90 |
(0.6) |
|
92 |
(1.1) |
|
| Between-group difference |
White-Black gap |
70 |
(2.0) |
* |
68 |
(1.5) |
* |
66 |
(2.2) |
* |
63 |
(0.7) |
* |
61 |
(0.8) |
* |
58 |
(0.8) |
* |
57 |
(0.8) |
* |
59 |
(0.7) |
* |
56 |
(0.9) |
* |
54 |
(0.9) |
* |
47 |
(2.0) |
|
49 |
(2.2) |
|
| White-Hispanic gap |
— |
— |
|
76 |
(1.4) |
* |
74 |
(2.1) |
* |
70 |
(1.0) |
* |
70 |
(1.0) |
* |
65 |
(0.9) |
* |
66 |
(0.8) |
* |
66 |
(0.6) |
* |
63 |
(1.0) |
* |
60 |
(0.9) |
* |
47 |
(1.9) |
|
48 |
(2.2) |
|
| Male-Female gap |
# |
(0.6) |
|
# |
(0.7) |
|
-1 |
(0.5) |
|
2 |
(0.6) |
* |
-1 |
(1.2) |
|
# |
(1.3) |
|
-2 |
(1.3) |
|
3 |
(1.1) |
* |
-3 |
(1.2) |
|
-2 |
(1.4) |
|
1 |
(0.9) |
|
-1 |
(1.1) |
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| — Not available. Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate, or data are not available for this assessment year. |
| # The estimate rounds to zero. |
| * Significantly different from 2004 bridge assessment. |
| NOTE: Standard errors of the estimates appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1971–2004 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments. |
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Last updated 05 July 2005 (FW)
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