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| Table 106. | Student proficiency in reading, by percentile and age: 1971 to 1992 |
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| 9-year-olds | 13-year-olds | 17-year-olds1/
Percentile |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
| 1971 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1971 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1971 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19
--------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------
Average ......|207.6 |215.0 |210.9 |211.8 |209.2 |210.5 |255.2 |258.5 |257.1 |257.5 |256.8 |259.8 |285.2 |285.5 |288.8 |290.1 |290.2 |289.7
Standard | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
deviation | 42.1 | 37.9 | 41.1 | 41.2 | 44.7 | 40.3 | 35.7 | 34.9 | 35.5 | 34.7 | 36.0 | 39.4 | 45.8 | 41.8 | 40.3 | 37.1 | 41.3 | 43.0
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Percentiles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5th ........|134.8 |148.5 |140.5 |141.9 |134.8 |140.7 |192.8 |199.1 |196.7 |199.5 |195.7 |190.9 |206.1 |213.0 |219.9 |226.1 |220.0 |214.3
10th .......|151.6 |165.1 |156.7 |156.7 |150.1 |156.0 |207.8 |212.8 |210.2 |212.9 |209.8 |207.9 |225.3 |230.6 |236.0 |241.5 |236.9 |232.7
25th .......|180.0 |191.1 |183.7 |184.3 |178.7 |183.1 |232.3 |235.3 |233.9 |234.2 |233.2 |234.7 |255.9 |258.7 |262.5 |265.7 |263.5 |262.6
50th .......|209.3 |217.2 |212.6 |213.7 |210.3 |213.6 |257.0 |259.6 |258.2 |257.9 |257.3 |261.6 |287.7 |287.5 |290.3 |291.1 |291.1 |293.0
75th .......|236.7 |241.3 |239.6 |240.1 |240.3 |239.3 |279.9 |282.8 |281.6 |281.4 |281.5 |287.0 |316.7 |314.6 |316.8 |316.0 |318.6 |319.4
90th .......|260.5 |261.7 |262.8 |263.0 |265.7 |259.9 |299.6 |302.3 |301.7 |301.6 |302.0 |309.2 |341.7 |337.5 |339.6 |336.9 |342.7 |342.7
95th .......|274.1 |273.3 |276.5 |277.5 |280.4 |272.1 |310.8 |313.9 |313.7 |313.7 |314.4 |321.9 |356.5 |350.9 |352.6 |348.7 |356.0 |355.8
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| 1/All participants of this age were 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.)
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