Percentages for grade 4 reading, by read for fun on your own time and jurisdiction: 2009
Year
Jurisdiction
Never or hardly ever
Once or twice a month
Once or twice a week
Almost every day
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
NOTE: DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some apparent differences between estimates may not be
statistically significant
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.
2009
National public
15
15
25
44
2009
Large city
14
15
28
42
2009
Atlanta
11
14
28
46
2009
Austin
10
12
26
52
2009
Baltimore City
17
15
28
39
2009
Boston
15
18
26
41
2009
Charlotte
16
12
26
46
2009
Chicago
12
14
27
47
2009
Cleveland
15
17
29
39
2009
Detroit
15
16
26
43
2009
District of Columbia (DCPS)
13
13
27
47
2009
Fresno
15
17
29
39
2009
Houston
14
16
30
40
2009
Jefferson County (KY)
16
17
28
39
2009
Los Angeles
14
18
28
39
2009
Miami-Dade
12
16
29
42
2009
Milwaukee
16
18
24
43
2009
New York City
13
15
27
45
2009
Philadelphia
15
18
27
39
2009
San Diego
16
17
26
42