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| Table 110. | Percent of students at or above selected reading proficiency levels,\1\ by sex, race/ethnicity and age: 1971 to 1996 |
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Sex, | | | | | | | | |
race/ethnicity,| | | | | | | | |
and level | 1971 |1975 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 |1992 | 1994 | 1996
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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| 9-year-olds\2\
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Total | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 90.6 |93.1 | 94.6 | 92.3 | 92.7 | 90.1 |92.3 | 92.1 | 92.7
Level 200\4\.| 58.7 |62.1 | 67.7 | 61.5 | 62.6 | 58.9 |62.0 | 63.3 | 63.7
Level 250\5\.| 15.6 |14.6 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 17.5 | 18.4 |16.2 | 16.5 | 17.7
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Male | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 87.9 |91.0 | 92.9 | 90.4 | 90.4 | 87.9 |90.2 | 90.2 | 90.7
Level 200\4\.| 52.7 |56.2 | 62.7 | 58.0 | 58.4 | 53.8 |56.9 | 59.2 | 57.8
Level 250\5\.| 12.0 |11.5 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 16.1 |14.2 | 15.2 | 15.0
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Female | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 93.2 |95.3 | 96.4 | 94.2 | 94.9 | 92.4 |94.4 | 94.0 | 94.6
Level 200\4\.| 64.6 |68.1 | 72.7 | 65.2 | 66.9 | 64.2 |67.3 | 67.3 | 69.5
Level 250\5\.| 19.2 |17.7 | 20.7 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 20.8 |18.2 | 17.8 | 20.4
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White\6\ | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 94.0 |96.0 | 97.1 | 95.4 | 95.1 | 93.5 |95.8 | 95.7 | 95.9
Level 200\4\.| 65.0 |69.0 | 74.2 | 68.6 | 68.4 | 66.0 |69.3 | 70.1 | 70.9
Level 250\5\.| 18.0 |17.4 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 22.6 |19.6 | 19.7 | 21.6
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Black\6\ | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 69.7 |80.7 | 84.9 | 81.3 | 83.2 | 76.9 |79.6 | 78.7 | 83.1
Level 200\4\.| 22.0 |31.6 | 41.3 | 36.6 | 39.4 | 33.9 |36.6 | 38.3 | 41.3
Level 250\5\.| 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 6.6
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Hispanic | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| ---|80.8 | 84.5 | 82.0 | 85.6 | 83.7 |83.4 | 80.4 | 84.2
Level 200\4\.| ---|34.6 | 41.6 | 39.6 | 45.9 | 40.9 |43.1 | 37.1 | 47.5
Level 250\5\.| ---| 2.6 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.5
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Total | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.8 |99.7 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.8 |99.5 | 99.3 | 99.6
Level 200\4\.| 93.0 |93.2 | 94.8 | 93.9 | 94.9 | 93.8 |92.7 | 91.7 | 92.8
Level 250\5\.| 57.8 |58.6 | 60.7 | 59.0 | 58.7 | 58.7 |61.6 | 60.4 | 61.3
Level 300\7\.| 9.8 |10.2 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.0 |15.3 | 14.1 | 13.8
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Male | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.6 |99.6 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 99.7 |99.2 | 99.1 | 99.5
Level 200\4\.| 90.7 |90.9 | 93.4 | 92.2 | 92.8 | 91.4 |90.4 | 88.8 | 90.1
Level 250\5\.| 51.6 |51.7 | 55.9 | 54.0 | 52.3 | 52.4 |55.5 | 53.3 | 54.8
Level 300\7\.| 7.3 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 7.6 |12.8 | 10.1 | 10.3
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Female | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.9 |99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 |100.0 | 99.9 |99.8 | 99.6 | 99.8
Level 200\4\.| 95.2 |95.5 | 96.1 | 95.8 | 96.9 | 96.3 |95.0 | 94.9 | 95.3
Level 250\5\.| 64.0 |65.5 | 65.4 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 |67.5 | 67.9 | 67.5
Level 300\7\.| 12.3 |13.5 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 14.5 |17.7 | 18.4 | 17.1
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White\6\ | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.9 |99.9 |100.0 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 |99.8 | 99.6 | 99.8
Level 200\4\.| 96.2 |96.4 | 97.1 | 96.2 | 96.0 | 96.0 |95.9 | 95.0 | 95.9
Level 250\5\.| 64.2 |65.5 | 67.8 | 65.3 | 63.7 | 64.8 |68.5 | 68.1 | 70.1
Level 300\7\.| 11.3 |12.1 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 13.3 |18.1 | 17.2 | 17.2
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Black\6\ | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 98.6 |98.4 | 99.3 | 99.4 | 99.8 | 99.4 |98.7 | 98.6 | 99.4
Level 200\4\.| 74.2 |76.9 | 84.1 | 85.5 | 91.3 | 87.7 |82.0 | 80.6 | 82.7
Level 250\5\.| 21.1 |24.8 | 30.1 | 34.6 | 40.2 | 41.7 |38.4 | 35.6 | 35.1
Level 300\7\.| 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.1
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Hispanic | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| ---|99.6 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 99.2 | 99.1 |98.1 | 98.7 | 98.7
Level 200\4\.| ---|81.3 | 86.8 | 86.7 | 87.4 | 85.8 |83.4 | 82.4 | 86.1
Level 250\5\.| ---|32.0 | 35.4 | 39.0 | 38.0 | 37.2 |40.9 | 33.9 | 39.8
Level 300\7\.| ---| 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 5.5
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17-year-olds\2\
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Total | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.6 |99.7 | 99.9 |100.0 |100.0 | 99.9 |99.8 | 99.8 |100.0
Level 200\4\.| 96.0 |96.4 | 97.2 | 98.3 | 98.9 | 98.1 |97.1 | 96.8 | 97.4
Level 250\5\.| 78.6 |80.1 | 80.7 | 83.1 | 85.7 | 84.1 |82.5 | 80.8 | 81.4
Level 300\7\.| 39.0 |38.7 | 37.8 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 41.4 |43.2 | 41.0 | 38.6
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Male | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.4 |99.5 | 99.8 | 99.9 |100.0 | 99.8 |99.7 | 99.7 | 99.9
Level 200\4\.| 94.7 |95.3 | 96.3 | 97.6 | 98.5 | 97.0 |96.3 | 95.5 | 96.3
Level 250\5\.| 74.4 |75.6 | 77.9 | 79.6 | 82.9 | 79.7 |78.4 | 76.2 | 76.7
Level 300\7\.| 33.9 |33.7 | 35.0 | 35.4 | 37.1 | 36.1 |38.4 | 35.6 | 32.8
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Female | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.8 |99.8 | 99.9 | 99.9 |100.0 |100.0 |99.9 | 99.9 |100.0
Level 200\4\.| 97.3 |97.5 | 98.1 | 99.0 | 99.3 | 99.2 |97.9 | 98.0 | 98.6
Level 250\5\.| 82.6 |84.3 | 83.6 | 86.8 | 88.2 | 88.6 |86.8 | 85.6 | 86.4
Level 300\7\.| 44.0 |43.6 | 40.7 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 46.8 |48.5 | 46.5 | 44.7
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White\6\ | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 99.9 |99.9 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |99.9 |100.0 |100.0
Level 200\4\.| 97.9 |98.6 | 99.1 | 99.0 | 99.3 | 98.8 |98.6 | 98.1 | 98.5
Level 250\5\.| 83.7 |86.2 | 86.9 | 88.0 | 88.7 | 88.3 |88.0 | 86.2 | 86.8
Level 300\7\.| 43.2 |43.9 | 43.3 | 46.3 | 45.4 | 47.5 |50.1 | 47.7 | 45.1
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Black\6\ | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| 97.6 |97.7 | 99.0 | 99.9 |100.0 | 99.6 |99.1 | 99.5 | 99.8
Level 200\4\.| 81.9 |82.0 | 85.6 | 95.9 | 98.0 | 95.7 |91.6 | 93.4 | 94.8
Level 250\5\.| 40.1 |43.0 | 44.0 | 65.7 | 75.8 | 69.1 |61.4 | 65.7 | 67.2
Level 300\7\.| 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 16.2 | 24.9 | 19.7 |16.9 | 21.5 | 18.0
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Hispanic | | | | | | | | |
Level 150\3\.| ---|99.3 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 99.7 |99.8 | 99.0 | 99.9
Level 200\4\.| ---|88.7 | 93.3 | 95.6 | 96.3 | 95.9 |93.4 | 91.1 | 94.0
Level 250\5\.| ---|52.9 | 62.2 | 68.3 | 71.5 | 75.2 |69.2 | 63.0 | 64.2
Level 300\7\.| ---|12.6 | 16.5 | 21.2 | 23.3 | 27.1 |27.3 | 20.1 | 20.0
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\1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
\2\All participants of this age were in school. \3\Able to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, discrete reading tasks. \4\Able to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. \5\Able to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. \6\Data for 1971 include persons of Hispanic origin. \7\Able to find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. ---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared September 1997).
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