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Pages Read per Day and Average Reading Scores

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KEY FINDINGS
  • At ages 9 and 13, students who indicated that they read 5 or fewer pages a day had lower reading scores than students in any other category. Students who indicated that they read more than 20 pages a day did not have reading scores that were different from students who indicated they read 6-10, 11-15, or 16-20 pages per day.
  • At age 17, students who read more than 20 pages a day had higher average reading scores than students who read 11-15, 6-10, or 5 or fewer pages a day. Students who indicated they read at least 6 pages a day had higher average scores than students who read 5 or fewer pages.

Average reading scale scores for students ages 9, 13, and 17, by pages read per day in school and for homework: 2004 click for additional information

Average reading scale scores for students ages 9, 13, and 17, by pages read per day in school and for homework: 2004

View data with standard errors for age 9, age 13, and age 17.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2004 Long-Term Trend Reading Assessment.
Last updated 08 July 2005 (HM)