(45KB)| Table 114. | Mean reading scale scores and specific reading skills of fall 1998 first-time kindergartners, by time of assessment and selected characteristics: Selected years, fall 1998 through spring 2007 |
| Selected characteristic | Mean reading scale score | Percentage of children with specific reading skills, eighth grade, spring 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Kindergarten | First grade, spring 2000 | Third grade, spring 2002 | Fifth grade, spring 2004 | Eighth grade, spring 2007 | Deriving meaning from text | Interpreting beyond text | Evaluating nonfiction | Evaluating complex syntax | ||||||||||||
| Fall 1998 | Spring 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Total | 36 | (0.2) | 47 | (0.3) | 79 | (0.6) | 128 | (0.8) | 151 | (0.7) | 169 | (0.8) | 83 | (0.8) | 66 | (0.8) | 29 | (0.9) | 6 | (0.3) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 35 | (0.3) | 46 | (0.4) | 77 | (0.9) | 126 | (1.0) | 149 | (1.0) | 166 | (1.2) | 80 | (1.1) | 63 | (1.2) | 26 | (1.3) | 5 | (0.4) |
| Female | 36 | (0.3) | 48 | (0.5) | 81 | (0.8) | 131 | (1.0) | 153 | (0.9) | 172 | (0.9) | 85 | (0.8) | 69 | (1.0) | 31 | (1.2) | 7 | (0.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 37 | (0.3) | 48 | (0.4) | 83 | (0.8) | 135 | (0.9) | 158 | (0.8) | 176 | (0.8) | 89 | (0.7) | 74 | (0.8) | 36 | (1.1) | 8 | (0.4) |
| Black | 32 | (0.5) | 42 | (0.8) | 70 | (1.3) | 114 | (2.0) | 135 | (1.9) | 149 | (2.4) | 66 | (2.6) | 45 | (2.4) | 10 | (1.6) | 2 | (0.3) |
| Hispanic | 33 | (0.5) | 44 | (0.8) | 72 | (1.1) | 118 | (1.3) | 142 | (1.1) | 160 | (1.3) | 76 | (1.3) | 57 | (1.4) | 18 | (1.4) | 3 | (0.3) |
| Asian | 41 | (1.3) | 53 | (1.7) | 90 | (2.0) | 135 | (2.3) | 157 | (1.8) | 178 | (2.0) | 89 | (1.6) | 75 | (2.2) | 41 | (3.3) | 10 | (1.2) |
| Other | 34 | (1.4) | 46 | (1.7) | 76 | (2.4) | 125 | (3.9) | 150 | (4.3) | 167 | (3.8) | 82 | (3.3) | 64 | (4.1) | 25 | (3.6) | 5 | (0.8) |
| Parents' highest level of education1 |
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| Less than high school | 30 | (0.5) | 39 | (0.7) | 64 | (1.5) | 103 | (1.7) | 128 | (1.8) | 141 | (2.2) | 58 | (2.5) | 37 | (2.1) | 5 | (0.7) | 1 | (0.1) |
| High school | 32 | (0.3) | 42 | (0.5) | 71 | (1.0) | 118 | (1.2) | 140 | (1.2) | 159 | (1.3) | 75 | (1.3) | 55 | (1.4) | 16 | (1.3) | 3 | (0.3) |
| Some college | 35 | (0.4) | 46 | (0.4) | 78 | (0.8) | 128 | (1.1) | 151 | (1.0) | 169 | (1.1) | 84 | (1.1) | 66 | (1.2) | 25 | (1.1) | 4 | (0.3) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 40 | (0.5) | 52 | (0.7) | 89 | (1.1) | 143 | (0.8) | 165 | (0.8) | 183 | (0.8) | 93 | (0.6) | 81 | (0.8) | 49 | (1.3) | 12 | (0.6) |
| Primary home language1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| English | 36 | (0.2) | 47 | (0.3) | 80 | (0.7) | 130 | (0.8) | 152 | (0.7) | 170 | (0.9) | 84 | (0.8) | 67 | (0.9) | 30 | (0.9) | 6 | (0.3) |
| Non-English | 33 | (0.6) | 44 | (0.8) | 70 | (1.1) | 113 | (1.3) | 138 | (1.4) | 157 | (1.6) | 73 | (1.6) | 54 | (1.6) | 17 | (1.4) | 4 | (0.5) |
| Socioeconomic status1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest 20 percent | 30 | (0.3) | 39 | (0.5) | 64 | (1.1) | 105 | (1.3) | 129 | (1.3) | 145 | (1.5) | 62 | (1.7) | 41 | (1.5) | 8 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.2) |
| Middle 60 percent | 35 | (0.3) | 46 | (0.3) | 78 | (0.7) | 128 | (0.8) | 151 | (0.7) | 169 | (0.8) | 84 | (0.8) | 66 | (0.9) | 26 | (0.9) | 5 | (0.3) |
| Highest 20 percent | 41 | (0.6) | 54 | (0.8) | 92 | (1.4) | 145 | (0.9) | 167 | (0.9) | 186 | (0.8) | 95 | (0.6) | 84 | (0.9) | 52 | (1.5) | 14 | (0.8) |
| Grade level in spring 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eighth-grade or above | 36 | (0.2) | 48 | (0.4) | 82 | (0.6) | 133 | (0.7) | 155 | (0.7) | 173 | (0.9) | 86 | (0.8) | 70 | (0.9) | 32 | (1.0) | 7 | (0.3) |
| Below eighth grade | 30 | (0.5) | 37 | (0.6) | 57 | (1.4) | 100 | (1.9) | 126 | (2.2) | 143 | (2.5) | 58 | (2.7) | 39 | (2.5) | 9 | (2.0) | 2 | (0.7) |
| School type across all waves of the study |
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| Public school all years | 35 | (0.3) | 46 | (0.4) | 77 | (0.6) | 126 | (0.9) | 149 | (0.8) | 166 | (0.9) | 80 | (0.9) | 63 | (1.0) | 25 | (1.0) | 5 | (0.2) |
| Private school all years | 39 | (0.6) | 52 | (0.9) | 88 | (1.5) | 140 | (1.4) | 163 | (1.0) | 184 | (1.2) | 94 | (0.7) | 81 | (1.4) | 47 | (2.5) | 10 | (0.8) |
| Change in school type during study |
38 | (0.8) | 51 | (1.1) | 84 | (1.9) | 134 | (1.8) | 158 | (1.4) | 177 | (1.8) | 89 | (1.4) | 74 | (1.9) | 38 | (2.7) | 9 | (1.1) |
| 1 Status during kindergarten year. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Reading scale ranges from 0 to 209. Estimates for each assessment round include all children assessed in English in that round, even if they were not assessed in English in a previous round. In fall 1998, 8 percent of the kindergarten children were not administered the English battery because of their performance on the OLDS (Oral Language Development Scale) English proficiency assessment. By spring of first grade, this percentage had decreased to 2 percent. In the third grade and subsequent years, the OLDS was not administered and all children were assessed in English. Most of the children were in first grade in 1999-2000, but 5 percent were in kindergarten or other grades (e.g., second grade, ungraded classrooms); most were in third grade in 2001-02, but 11 percent were in second grade or other grades (e.g., fourth grade, ungraded classrooms); most were in fifth grade in 2003-04, but 14 percent were in fourth grade or other grades (e.g., sixth grade, ungraded classrooms); most were in eighth grade in 2006-07, but 14 percent were in seventh grade or other grades (e.g., ninth grade or ungraded classrooms). Data were calculated using C1_7FC0 weight. Estimates differ from previously published figures because the data were recalibrated to represent the kindergarten through eighth-grade reading assessment item pool. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), Longitudinal Kindergarten–Eighth Grade Full Sample Public-Use Data File, fall 1998, spring 1999, spring 2000, spring 2002, spring 2004, and spring 2007. (This table was prepared September 2009.) |