NAEP - NIES 2007 Part II: Socioeconomic Factors (Literacy Materials)

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AI/AN students at high density schools report fewer encyclopedias and books available at home

Results for reading materials in the home were reported based on responses to four questions on the student questionnaires:

Does your family get a newspaper at least four times a week? Yes/No/I don't know
Does your family get any magazines regularly? Yes/No/I don't know
Is there an encyclopedia in your home? It could be a set of books, or it could be on the computer. Yes/No/I don't know
About how many books are there in your home? Few (0–10)/Enough to fill one shelf (11–25)/Enough to fill one bookcase (26–100)/Enough to fill several bookcases (more than 100)

The data reported are for the "yes" responses to the first three questions, and for the combined "26–100" and "more than 100" responses to create the "more than 25 books" category.

Grade 4

Grade 8

Percentage of fourth-grade AI/AN students, by types of literacy materials in their homes and school density: 2007

Findings

At grade 4, lower percentages of AI/AN students attending high density schools reported having magazines, encyclopedias, and more than 25 books in their homes.
At grade 4, higher percentages of AI/AN students attending high density schools reported having newspapers in their homes.

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–Student group and type of school (104K PDF)

* Significantly different (p < .05) from low density schools.
NOTE: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native. School density indicates the proportion of AI/AN students enrolled. High density schools have 25 percent or more AI/AN students. Low density schools have less than 25 percent. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. View complete data for grades 4 and 8 with standard errors.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Mathematics Assessment.

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AI/AN students at high density schools report fewer encyclopedias and books available at home

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