As part of the 2007 reading assessment, eighth-graders were asked about the amount of time they spent on various classroom activities involving language arts. The full text of the question and corresponding percentages of students within each category are shown in the table below.
Now think about reading and writing you do for school. For your English class this year, how often do you do each of the following?
Have a class discussion about something that the whole class has read
Work in pairs or small groups to talk about something that you have read
Write in a journal about something that you have read for English class
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11 |
14 |
30 |
44 |
18 |
18 |
37 |
27 |
33 |
16 |
23 |
28 |
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12 |
12 |
27 |
49 |
15 |
15 |
34 |
35 |
27 |
13 |
23 |
37 |
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13 |
15 |
21 |
51 |
13 |
12 |
28 |
46 |
30 |
14 |
25 |
31 |
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11 |
13 |
29 |
46 |
13 |
15 |
35 |
37 |
21 |
14 |
27 |
37 |
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7 |
8 |
27 |
58 |
10 |
11 |
34 |
45 |
13 |
9 |
21 |
57 |
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7 |
10 |
27 |
55 |
12 |
13 |
35 |
40 |
30 |
13 |
25 |
32 |
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8 |
10 |
26 |
57 |
11 |
10 |
32 |
46 |
28 |
13 |
22 |
37 |
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12 |
10 |
24 |
54 |
16 |
10 |
36 |
38 |
24 |
11 |
19 |
46 |
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12 |
10 |
24 |
55 |
12 |
13 |
33 |
42 |
29 |
11 |
21 |
39 |
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13 |
12 |
28 |
47 |
17 |
13 |
33 |
37 |
25 |
14 |
21 |
39 |
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13 |
13 |
25 |
50 |
16 |
15 |
32 |
37 |
28 |
11 |
23 |
37 |
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11 |
12 |
27 |
50 |
12 |
12 |
31 |
45 |
19 |
10 |
22 |
49 |
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16 |
14 |
28 |
42 |
20 |
16 |
33 |
32 |
24 |
12 |
24 |
40 |
Check for Statistical Significance
To further analyze these data, test for significance between categories, or see corresponding average scores, view the complete data for
the nation and districts. Click on the "Find Out" button in the NAEP Data Explorer to check for statistical significance. For large central cities, view the complete data for
discussion about what the class read,
work in pairs or small groups, or
write in a journal. To learn about using the NAEP Data Explorer, view the NAEP Data Explorer tutorial.
Browse background questionnaires for the NAEP assessments.