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Long-Term Trend
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2004 long-term trend reading, percentage of students by student group, age 9: 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 (0.4) 50 (0.4) 50 (0.5) 50 (0.8) 51 (0.9) 51 (0.7) 50 (0.8) 49 (0.9) 49 (1.0) 51 (0.7) 50 (0.7)
Female 50 (0.4) 50 (0.4) 50 (0.4) 50 (0.5) 50 (0.8) 49 (0.9) 49 (0.7) 50 (0.8) 51 (0.9) 51 (1.0) 49 (0.7) 50 (0.7)
Race/ethnicity White 84 (1.4) * 80 (1.2) * 79 (1.3) * 75 (1.2) * 75 (1.0) * 74 (1.0) * 74 (0.9) * 76 (0.7) * 71 (0.9) * 69 (0.9) * — — 59 (1.6)
Black 14 (1.3) * 13 (0.8) * 14 (1.0) * 16 (0.5) 16 (0.7) 16 (0.6) 16 (0.4) 15 (0.6) 17 (0.5) 18 (0.4) — — 17 (1.3)
Hispanic — — 5 (0.8) * 6 (0.8) * 7 (1.5) * 6 (1.0) * 6 (0.6) * 7 (0.8) * 6 (0.4) * 8 (1.0) * 9 (0.7) * — — 17 (1.5)
Other 2 (0.6) * 2 (0.5) * 1 (0.3) * 2 (0.2) * 3 (0.4) * 4 (0.7) * 3 (0.3) * 4 (0.4) * 4 (1.0) 4 (0.4) * — — 7 (0.9)
Modal grade Below modal grade 24 (0.8) * 23 (0.8) * 28 (1.5) * 34 (0.5) 37 (0.3) 42 (0.5) * 43 (0.5) * 40 (0.5) * 33 (0.6) 30 (0.5) * 36 (1.5) 35 (1.5)
At modal grade 75 (0.8) * 76 (0.8) * 72 (1.4) * 66 (0.5) 63 (0.3) 58 (0.5) * 57 (0.5) * 60 (0.5) * 67 (0.6) 69 (0.5) * 63 (1.5) 65 (1.5)
Above modal grade 1 (0.1) * 1 (0.1) * # (0.1) # (0.1) 1 (0.2) # (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.0) # (0.1) # (0.1) # (0.1)
Region Northeast 26 (1.5) * 27 (1.1) * 23 (2.1) 22 (0.5) 22 (1.5) 22 (1.1) 21 (1.3) 22 (1.0) 24 (2.7) 22 (2.1) 20 (1.0) 21 (1.5)
Southeast 22 (1.7) 22 (0.8) 24 (2.3) 24 (1.3) 25 (1.7) 24 (1.2) 23 (1.4) 24 (1.5) 24 (2.4) 20 (2.2) 24 (1.2) 24 (1.4)
Central 29 (2.0) * 26 (1.2) * 25 (3.4) 27 (1.3) * 24 (0.6) 25 (0.7) * 28 (1.1) * 26 (1.0) * 25 (1.2) 27 (1.9) 22 (1.1) 21 (1.5)
West 23 (1.9) * 25 (1.1) * 28 (2.1) 27 (0.6) * 28 (1.1) * 28 (0.8) * 27 (0.9) * 28 (1.0) * 28 (2.4) 31 (1.6) 35 (1.2) 33 (1.4)
Type of location Central city — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —   — —   — —   32 (2.0) 33 (2.2)
Urban fringe — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —   — —   — —   40 (2.0) 41 (2.1)
Rural — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —   — —   — —   28 (1.4) 26 (1.8)
Type of school Public — — — — 89 (1.4) 88 (1.6) 88 (2.7) 92 (1.9) 88 (1.7) 89 (2.1) 86 (1.6) 88 (1.9) 89 (0.8) 89 (1.1)
Between-group difference White-Black gap 71 (1.9) * 67 (1.5) * 65 (1.7) * 59 (1.3) * 59 (1.2) * 58 (1.1) * 58 (1.0) * 61 (0.9) * 53 (1.0) * 51 (1.0) * 43 (2.0) 42 (2.0)
White-Hispanic gap — — 75 (1.5) * 73 (1.5) * 68 (1.9) * 69 (1.4) * 68 (1.2) * 67 (1.2) * 70 (0.8) * 63 (1.4) * 60 (1.1) * 42 (2.0) 42 (2.2)
Male-Female gap # (0.6) # (0.6) # (0.6) # (0.7) 1 (1.2) 2 (1.2) 2 (1.0) # (1.1) -1 (1.3) -2 (1.5) 2 (0.9) # (1.1)
— 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.

View other 2004 long-term trend summary data tables.

Last updated 05 July 2005 (FW)