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National Trends in Reading by Average Scale Scores

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KEY FINDINGS
  • Nine-year-olds. The average reading score was higher in 2004 than in any previous assessment year.
  • Thirteen-year-olds. The average score in 2004 was higher than the average score in 1971, but no difference from the average score in 1999 was found.
  • Seventeen-year-olds. There was no statistically significant difference between average scores in 1999 and 2004.

Trends in average reading scale scores for students ages 9, 13, and 17: 1971–2004 click for additional information

Trends in average reading scale scores for students ages 9, 13, and 17: Selected years, 1971–2004

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

* Significantly different from 2004.
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.
Last updated 06 July 2005 (RF)