| Table 109. | Student proficiency in reading, by age, amount of time spent on homework and reading habits: 1984, 1994, and 1996 |
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Time spent on homework | | |
and reading habits | 9-year-olds | 13-year-olds |17-year-olds\1\
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| 1984 | 1994 | 1996 | 1984 | 1994 | 1996 | 1984 | 1994 | 1996
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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| Average proficiency score
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Materials read a few | | | | | | | | |
times a year or more | | | | | | | | |
Poems ...............| 211 | 210 | ---| 260 | 261 | ---| 290 | 293 | ---
Plays ...............| 211 | 207 | ---| 260 | 263 | ---| 290 | 294 | ---
Biographies .........| 213 | 210 | ---| 261 | 261 | ---| 292 | 293 | ---
Science books .......| 212 | 211 | ---| 259 | 260 | ---| 289 | 293 | ---
Books about other | | | | | | | | |
places .............| 211 | 211 | ---| 259 | 260 | ---| 289 | 293 | ---
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Frequency of reading | | | | | | | | |
for fun | | | | | | | | |
Daily ...............| 214 | 215 | 213 | 264 | 272 | 270 | 297 | 302 | 301
Weekly ..............| 212 | 214 | 212 | 255 | 255 | 259 | 290 | 286 | 292
Monthly .............| 204 | 213 | 210 | 255 | 255 | 260 | 290 | 286 | 290
Yearly ..............| 197 | ---| ---| 252 | 252 | ---| 280 | 281 | 285
Never ...............| 198 | 193 | 199 | 239 | 237 | 238 | 269 | 258 | 269
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Time spent on homework | | | | | | | | |
each day | | | | | | | | |
None ................| 213 | 213 | 210 | 254 | 250 | 256 | 276 | 273 | 273
Didn't do assignment | 199 | 200 | 195 | 247 | 243 | 251 | 287 | 285 | 281
Less than 1 hour ....| 218 | 212 | 215 | 261 | 261 | 259 | 290 | 288 | 288
1 to 2 hours ........| 216 | 214 | 220 | 266 | 268 | 267 | 296 | 297 | 295
More than 2 hours ...| 201 | 193 | 198 | 265 | 270 | 269 | 303 | 306 | 307
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| Percent
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Materials read a few | | | | | | | | |
times a year or more | | | | | | | | |
Poems ...............| 70 | 62 | 60 | 68 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 85 | 80
Plays ...............| 56 | 45 | 42 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 63 | 70 | 67
Biographies .........| 45 | 47 | 46 | 62 | 68 | 65 | 59 | 69 | 66
Science books .......| 84 | 87 | 83 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 70 | 84 | 82
Books about other | | | | | | | | |
places .............| 79 | 79 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 81 | 82 | 81
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Frequency of reading | | | | | | | | |
for fun | | | | | | | | |
Daily ...............| 53 | 58 | 54 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 23
Weekly ..............| 28 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 32
Monthly .............| 7 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17
Yearly ..............| 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12
Never ...............| 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 16
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Time spent on homework | | | | | | | | |
each day | | | | | | | | |
None ................| 36 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23
Didn't do assignment | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 13
Less than 1 hour ....| 42 | 48 | 53 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 28
1 to 2 hours ........| 13 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24
More than 2 hours ...| 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11
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\1\Excludes persons not enrolled 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, NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared September 1997.)
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