Table 24-1. Percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade students by the number of days of school they reported missing in the previous month: Various years, 1994–2005
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Grade 4
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Grade 8
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3 or more days
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3 or more days
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| Year |
0 days |
1–2 days |
Total |
3–4 days |
5 or more
days |
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0 days |
1–2 days |
Total |
3–4 days |
5 or more
days |
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| 1994 |
52 |
30 |
18 |
11 |
7 |
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44 |
33 |
22 |
13 |
9 |
| 1998 |
53 |
30 |
17 |
11 |
6 |
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44 |
34 |
22 |
14 |
8 |
| 2002 |
52 |
30 |
18 |
11 |
6 |
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45 |
35 |
20 |
13 |
7 |
| 2003 |
49 |
30 |
22 |
13 |
8 |
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44 |
35 |
22 |
14 |
8 |
| 2005 |
52 |
29 |
19 |
12 |
7 |
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45 |
35 |
20 |
13 |
7 |
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NOTE: From 1994 to 2000, students responded to the question “How many days of school did you miss last month?” After 2001, students were asked “How many days were you absent from school in the last month?” Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1994–2005 Reading Assessments, previously unpublished tabulation (December 2005).
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