| Table 107. | Student proficiency in reading, by age, amount of time spent on homework, reading habits, and reading materials in the home: 1971, 1984, and 1992 |
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| Average proficiency score | Percent
Time spent on homework,|_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________
reading habits, and | 9-year-olds | 13-year-olds |17-year-olds\1\| 9-year-olds | 13-year-olds |17-year-olds\1\
reading materials in |_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________
the home | 1984 | 1992 | 1984 | 1992 | 1984 | 1992 | 1984 | 1992 | 1984 | 1992 | 1984 | 1992
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
Materials read a few | | | | | | | | | | | |
times a year or more | | | | | | | | | | | |
Poems ...............| 211 | 211 | 260 | 264 | 290 | 294 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 84
Plays ...............| 211 | 208 | 260 | 262 | 290 | 293 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 71
Biographies .........| 213 | 212 | 261 | 263 | 292 | 294 | 45 | 47 | 62 | 72 | 59 | 69
Science books .......| 212 | 211 | 259 | 261 | 289 | 293 | 84 | 88 | 90 | 92 | 70 | 80
Books about other | | | | | | | | | | | |
places .............| 211 | 211 | 259 | 262 | 289 | 294 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 81 | 84
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Frequency of reading | | | | | | | | | | | |
for fun | | | | | | | | | | | |
Daily ...............| 214 | 215 | 264 | 269 | 297 | 304 | 53 | 56 | 35 | 37 | 31 | 27
Weekly ..............| 212 | 212 | 254 | 260 | 290 | 291 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 33
Monthly .............| 204 | 204 | 255 | 257 | 290 | 287 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 18
Yearly ..............| 197 | 197 | 252 | 250 | 280 | 282 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12
Never ...............| 198 | 189 | 239 | 246 | 269 | 268 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11
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Time spent on homework | | | | | | | | | | | |
each day | | | | | | | | | | | |
None ................| 212 | 211 | 254 | 253 | 276 | 274 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22
Didn't do assignment | 198 | 193 | 247 | 251 | 287 | 286 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12
Less than 1 hour ....| 218 | 215 | 261 | 260 | 290 | 291 | 42 | 47 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 29
1 to 2 hours ........| 216 | 211 | 266 | 269 | 296 | 298 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25
More than 2 hours ...| 201 | 195 | 264 | 267 | 303 | 308 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12
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| 1971 | 1992 | 1971 | 1992 | 1971 | 1992 | 1971 | 1992 | 1971 | 1992 | 1971 | 1992
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Reading materials | | | | | | | | | | | |
in the home\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
0 to 2 ................| 186 | 197 | 227 | 241 | 246 | 269 | 28 | 37 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 18
3 .....................| 208 | 214 | 249 | 256 | 274 | 286 | 33 | 33 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 27
4 .....................| 223 | 224 | 267 | 271 | 296 | 299 | 39 | 30 | 58 | 48 | 67 | 55
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\1\Excludes persons not enrolled in school. NOTE.--These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP scores have been evaluated at certain performance levels. A score of 300 implies an ability to find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. A score of 250 implies an ability to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. A score of 200 implies an ability to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. A score of 150 implies an ability to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, discrete reading tasks. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, The Reading Report Card, 1971-88, and NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared April 1994.) |
