Average proficiency in reading for 4th graders in public schools,\1\ by reading and television watching habits, region, and state: 1992

Table 110.

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                      |Frequency of reading for fun |Amount of television watched
                      |                             |              each day
                      |-----------------------------|---------------------------------
   Region and state   |      |       |       |Never |      | Four |      |     | One
                      |Almost|Once or|Once or|  or  |Six or|  to  |Three | Two | hour
                      |every | twice | twice |hardly| more | five |hours |hours|  or
                      | day  |a week |a month| ever |hours |hours |      |     | less
----------------------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|-----|------
          1           |  2   |   3   |   4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8   |  9  |  10
----------------------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|-----|------
  United States ......|  223 |   218 |   209 |  199 |  198 |  216 |  223 | 223 |  220
                      |------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|-----|------
        Region        |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Northeast ............|  231 |   220 |   211 |  200 |  201 |  221 |  232 | 227 |  229
Southeast ............|  216 |   214 |   208 |  201 |  198 |  214 |  218 | 217 |  217
Central ..............|  227 |   220 |   211 |  204 |  199 |  215 |  226 | 228 |  224
West .................|  219 |   218 |   206 |  191 |  197 |  215 |  218 | 221 |  214
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
        State         |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Alabama ..............|  212 |   210 |   205 |  197 |  198 |  209 |  216 | 215 |  210
Arizona ..............|  217 |   211 |   203 |  199 |  201 |  210 |  214 | 217 |  210
Arkansas .............|  217 |   213 |   206 |  199 |  200 |  217 |  220 | 217 |  212
California ...........|  212 |   200 |   196 |  190 |  184 |  205 |  208 | 208 |  210
Colorado .............|  225 |   216 |   215 |  202 |  203 |  218 |  220 | 223 |  220
Connecticut ..........|  230 |   220 |   219 |  207 |  204 |  219 |  226 | 232 |  233
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Delaware\2\ ..........|  220 |   215 |   210 |  197 |  198 |  216 |  216 | 225 |  218
District of Columbia .|  192 |   190 |   184 |  178 |  184 |  190 |  190 | 193 |  193
Florida ..............|  214 |   212 |   206 |  195 |  196 |  210 |  214 | 220 |  212
Georgia ..............|  219 |   215 |   206 |  198 |  200 |  216 |  220 | 220 |  215
Hawaii ...............|  210 |   203 |   202 |  192 |  193 |  208 |  210 | 208 |  205
Idaho ................|  226 |   220 |   217 |  205 |  206 |  219 |  223 | 225 |  224
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Indiana...............|  229 |   222 |   221 |  206 |  210 |  223 |  227 | 228 |  225
Iowa .................|  233 |   225 |   218 |  210 |  212 |  224 |  231 | 234 |  229
Kentucky .............|  219 |   215 |   214 |  201 |  203 |  218 |  219 | 217 |  213
Louisiana ............|  208 |   206 |   206 |  194 |  195 |  207 |  210 | 209 |  209
Maine\2\ .............|  234 |   227 |   224 |  213 |  215 |  226 |  233 | 230 |  232
Maryland .............|  221 |   211 |   207 |  194 |  194 |  213 |  220 | 223 |  220
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Massachusetts ........|  234 |   225 |   223 |  211 |  211 |  226 |  230 | 234 |  234
Michigan .............|  224 |   216 |   209 |  207 |  198 |  217 |  222 | 225 |  225
Minnesota ............|  230 |   221 |   212 |  204 |  204 |  220 |  228 | 229 |  227
Mississippi ..........|  202 |   202 |   200 |  192 |  192 |  202 |  208 | 209 |  195
Missouri .............|  227 |   222 |   220 |  205 |  208 |  222 |  227 | 229 |  222
Nebraska\2\ ..........|  228 |   223 |   221 |  203 |  204 |  224 |  228 | 227 |  222
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
New Hampshire\2\ .....|  236 |   228 |   224 |  210 |  216 |  229 |  228 | 233 |  235
New Jersey\2\ ........|  232 |   225 |   220 |  203 |  205 |  225 |  229 | 233 |  235
New Mexico ...........|  218 |   212 |   214 |  194 |  196 |  212 |  217 | 220 |  211
New York\2\ ..........|  221 |   216 |   214 |  201 |  202 |  214 |  224 | 223 |  221
North Carolina .......|  219 |   212 |   207 |  198 |  197 |  214 |  218 | 222 |  217
North Dakota .........|  234 |   226 |   222 |  212 |  211 |  226 |  231 | 231 |  229
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Ohio .................|  226 |   217 |   214 |  204 |  204 |  220 |  225 | 224 |  222
Oklahoma .............|  225 |   225 |   221 |  207 |  211 |  224 |  227 | 227 |  220
Pennsylvania .........|  227 |   221 |   221 |  206 |  202 |  221 |  228 | 230 |  227
Rhode Island..........|  223 |   217 |   216 |  197 |  203 |  217 |  222 | 223 |  223
South Carolina .......|  216 |   211 |   210 |  196 |  198 |  212 |  215 | 222 |  215
Tennessee ............|  219 |   213 |   208 |  201 |  199 |  218 |  219 | 218 |  214
                      |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Texas ................|  218 |   215 |   212 |  202 |  200 |  213 |  220 | 222 |  218
Utah .................|  228 |   222 |   214 |  207 |  209 |  220 |  225 | 224 |  224
Virginia .............|  228 |   223 |   216 |  204 |  205 |  223 |  228 | 232 |  230
West Virginia ........|  224 |   218 |   212 |  201 |  204 |  218 |  223 | 223 |  219
Wisconsin ............|  233 |   222 |   217 |  206 |  211 |  225 |  228 | 230 |  227
Wyoming ..............|  230 |   224 |   217 |  207 |  210 |  223 |  227 | 229 |  227
                      |======|=======|=======|======|======|======|======|=====|======
    Outlying area     |      |       |       |      |      |      |      |     |
Guam .................|  187 |   186 |   175 |  174 |  176 |  190 |  193 | 184 |  178
----------------------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|-----|------

\1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Forty-one states, the District of Columbia, and Guam participated in the test.

\2\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias.

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, NAEP 1992 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared January 1994.)

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