• At age 9, over the past 20 years the trend has been an increase in the number of pages students read for school and homework. Specifically, fewer students indicated that they read 5 or fewer pages in 2004 than in 1984. Likewise, the percentage of students indicating that they read more than 20 pages per day increased from 13 percent in 1984 to 25 percent in 2004.
• At age 13, a greater percentage of students indicated that they read at least 16 pages per day in 2004 than in 1984. The percentage of students indicating they read either fewer than 5 pages or 6–10 pages decreased between 1984 and 2004.
• At age 17, there were no statistically significant differences in the percentage of students indicating various numbers of pages read per day over the 20-year period.

Pages read per day. Students at ages 9, 13, and 17 were asked to indicate the number of pages read for school and for homework beginning with the assessment in 1984.