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| Table 221.36. | Average National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scale score and percentage distribution of 12th-graders, by whether student uses a computer at home, whether student has access to the Internet at home, and other selected characteristics: 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Selected characteristic | Percent of all students | Average reading scale score1 | Percentage distribution of students | |||||||||||||||||
| All students | Uses a computer at home | Has access to the Internet at home2 | Uses a computer at home | Has access to the Internet at home2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| All 12th-graders | 100.0 | (†) | 287 | (0.5) | 290 | (0.6) | 262 | (1.3) | 289 | (0.5) | 265 | (2.6) | 91.9 | (0.28) | 8.1 | (0.28) | 92.1 | (0.58) | 7.9 | (0.58) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 49.7 | (0.42) | 282 | (0.6) | 284 | (0.7) | 258 | (1.8) | 284 | (0.6) | 260 | (3.3) | 91.4 | (0.35) | 8.6 | (0.35) | 91.9 | (0.65) | 8.1 | (0.65) |
| Female | 50.3 | (0.42) | 292 | (0.7) | 295 | (0.7) | 266 | (1.7) | 294 | (0.7) | 271 | (2.8) | 92.5 | (0.36) | 7.5 | (0.36) | 92.4 | (0.60) | 7.6 | (0.60) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 56.1 | (0.85) | 295 | (0.7) | 297 | (0.7) | 270 | (2.6) | 297 | (0.7) | 275 | (3.7) | 94.8 | (0.30) | 5.2 | (0.30) | 93.3 | (0.78) | 6.7 | (0.78) |
| Black | 14.0 | (0.55) | 266 | (1.1) | 268 | (1.1) | 253 | (2.1) | 268 | (1.1) | 247 | (3.3) | 86.3 | (0.72) | 13.7 | (0.72) | 90.8 | (0.50) | 9.2 | (0.50) |
| Hispanic | 21.2 | (0.63) | 276 | (0.9) | 279 | (0.9) | 258 | (1.8) | 278 | (0.9) | 257 | (2.1) | 87.4 | (0.61) | 12.6 | (0.61) | 90.8 | (0.51) | 9.2 | (0.51) |
| Asian | 5.3 | (0.36) | 297 | (2.1) | 299 | (2.1) | ‡ | (†) | 300 | (2.0) | ‡ | (†) | 97.6 | (0.53) | 2.4 | (0.53) | 94.7 | (0.88) | 5.3 | (0.88) |
| Pacific Islander | # | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.0 | (0.24) | 279 | (6.2) | 282 | (5.2) | ‡ | (†) | 285 | (4.2) | ‡ | (†) | 78.0 | (5.85) | 22.0 | (5.85) | 71.3 | (8.64) | 28.7 | (8.64) |
| Two or more races | 2.2 | (0.16) | 295 | (2.9) | 297 | (2.9) | ‡ | (†) | 296 | (3.0) | ‡ | (†) | 93.5 | (1.12) | 6.5 | (1.12) | 90.5 | (2.17) | 9.5 | (2.17) |
| English language learner (ELL) status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ELL | 3.4 | (0.21) | 240 | (2.0) | 242 | (2.1) | 232 | (4.0) | 243 | (2.0) | 225 | (3.8) | 81.5 | (1.44) | 18.5 | (1.44) | 82.7 | (1.78) | 17.3 | (1.78) |
| Non-ELL | 96.6 | (0.21) | 289 | (0.5) | 291 | (0.5) | 264 | (1.4) | 290 | (0.5) | 268 | (2.6) | 92.3 | (0.28) | 7.7 | (0.28) | 92.5 | (0.58) | 7.5 | (0.58) |
| Disability status3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Identified as student with disability (SD) | 9.5 | (0.30) | 252 | (1.8) | 255 | (2.0) | 234 | (2.9) | 254 | (1.8) | 234 | (3.2) | 86.0 | (0.94) | 14.0 | (0.94) | 86.6 | (1.09) | 13.4 | (1.09) |
| Not identified as SD | 90.5 | (0.30) | 291 | (0.5) | 293 | (0.5) | 267 | (1.4) | 292 | (0.5) | 271 | (2.6) | 92.5 | (0.29) | 7.5 | (0.29) | 92.7 | (0.60) | 7.3 | (0.60) |
| Percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 23.8 | (1.70) | 298 | (1.5) | 300 | (1.5) | 267 | (4.5) | 300 | (1.5) | 275 | (4.6) | 96.2 | (0.41) | 3.8 | (0.41) | 93.2 | (1.90) | 6.8 | (1.90) |
| 26 to 50 percent | 35.5 | (1.80) | 289 | (1.0) | 291 | (1.0) | 265 | (2.6) | 290 | (1.0) | 274 | (5.7) | 93.4 | (0.35) | 6.6 | (0.35) | 92.6 | (1.18) | 7.4 | (1.18) |
| 51 to 75 percent | 23.5 | (1.67) | 282 | (1.2) | 284 | (1.3) | 264 | (2.3) | 283 | (1.3) | 262 | (3.7) | 89.6 | (0.75) | 10.4 | (0.75) | 92.7 | (0.67) | 7.3 | (0.67) |
| 76 to 100 percent | 17.1 | (1.30) | 266 | (1.7) | 268 | (1.8) | 256 | (2.4) | 268 | (1.7) | 249 | (3.3) | 83.5 | (0.94) | 16.5 | (0.94) | 87.6 | (0.89) | 12.4 | (0.89) |
| School control4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 91.4 | (0.29) | 285 | (0.6) | 288 | (0.6) | 262 | (1.3) | 287 | (0.5) | 265 | (2.7) | 91.4 | (0.31) | 8.6 | (0.31) | 91.7 | (0.63) | 8.3 | (0.63) |
| Private | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| School locale | ||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 28.6 | (0.96) | 284 | (1.3) | 287 | (1.3) | 257 | (1.9) | 286 | (1.2) | 253 | (2.9) | 90.6 | (0.55) | 9.4 | (0.55) | 93.1 | (0.53) | 6.9 | (0.53) |
| Suburban | 41.0 | (0.96) | 290 | (0.9) | 292 | (0.9) | 263 | (2.4) | 291 | (0.9) | 269 | (4.8) | 94.1 | (0.36) | 5.9 | (0.36) | 92.7 | (1.03) | 7.3 | (1.03) |
| Town | 11.4 | (0.89) | 287 | (2.0) | 289 | (2.0) | 270 | (4.1) | 289 | (2.0) | 275 | (5.9) | 89.7 | (0.94) | 10.3 | (0.94) | 88.6 | (2.41) | 11.4 | (2.41) |
| Rural | 19.0 | (0.87) | 287 | (1.5) | 290 | (1.5) | 262 | (2.6) | 289 | (1.6) | 264 | (3.7) | 90.7 | (0.76) | 9.3 | (0.76) | 91.8 | (1.04) | 8.2 | (1.04) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Scale ranges from 0 to 500. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 "Access to the Internet" was one item on a list preceded by the question "Do you have the following in your home?" For each item, students could either select "Yes" or leave the item blank. Students who left "Access to the Internet" blank are counted as having no internet access at home. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 In addition to students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), also includes students with a 504 plan. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Bureau of Indian Education and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools are excluded from the Public category but included elsewhere in this table. The Private category was created by combining two school types: Catholic and Other private. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes public, private, Bureau of Indian Education, and DoDEA schools. Includes students tested with accommodations (9 percent of all 12th-graders); excludes only those students with disabilities and English language learners who were unable to be tested even with accommodations (2 percent of all 12th-graders). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment, retrieved April 8, 2019, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/). (This table was prepared April 2019.) |
