Percentage of Text Selections and Pages for NAEP Text Types for Two Programs
| NAEP Text Type | Program | Sixth Grade | Seventh Grade | Eighth Grade | Publisher Totals | Overall Average | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent of Selections | Percent of Pages | Percent of Selections | Percent of Pages | Percent of Selections | Percent of Pages | Percent of Selections | Percent of Pages | Percent of Selections | Percent of Pages | ||
| Fiction | A | 33.6 | 35.3 | 33.1 | 43.5 | 23.0 | 37.6 | 30.7 | 43.4 | 28.3 | 42.0 |
| B | 29.1 | 42.3 | 25.4 | 37.0 | 25.9 | 40.5 | 26.8 | 39.9 | |||
| Poetry | A | 23.3 | 4.5 | 25.4 | 8.3 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 26.4 | 8.2 | 26.5 | 9.3 |
| B | 23.9 | 7.4 | 28.6 | 10.5 | 26.7 | 12.6 | 26.5 | 10.3 | |||
| Drama | A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 14.4 |
| B | 4.3 | 13.3 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 3.7 | 17.3 | 4.8 | 16.7 | |||
| Literary Nonfiction | A | 18.1 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 20.1 | 19.5 | 21.7 | 18.4 | 20.6 | 16.0 | 18.9 |
| B | 16.2 | 21.1 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 17.3 | |||
| Expository | A | 16.4 | 9.9 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 15.3 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 11.4 |
| B | 13.7 | 11.0 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 14.3 | 10.3 | |||
| Argument/Persuasion | A | 2.6 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
| B | 5.1 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 2.8 | |||
| Procedural | A | 1.7 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
| B | 7.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 2.7 | |||
| Fiction | A | 33.6 | 35.3 | 33.1 | 43.5 | 23.0 | 37.6 | 30.7 | 43.4 | 28.3 | 42.0 |
| B | 29.1 | 42.3 | 25.4 | 37.0 | 25.9 | 40.5 | 26.8 | 39.9 | |||
| Poetry | A | 23.3 | 4.5 | 25.4 | 8.3 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 26.4 | 8.2 | 26.5 | 9.3 |
| B | 23.9 | 7.4 | 28.6 | 10.5 | 26.7 | 12.6 | 26.5 | 10.3 | |||
| Drama | A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 15.4 | 3.4 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 14.4 |
| B | 4.3 | 13.3 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 3.7 | 17.3 | 4.8 | 16.7 | |||
| Literary Nonfiction | A | 18.1 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 20.1 | 19.5 | 21.7 | 18.4 | 20.6 | 16.0 | 18.9 |
| B | 16.2 | 21.1 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 17.3 | |||
| Expository | A | 16.4 | 9.9 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 15.3 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 11.4 |
| B | 13.7 | 11.0 | 18.3 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 14.3 | 10.3 | |||
| Argument/Persuasion | A | 2.6 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
| B | 5.1 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 2.8 | |||
| Procedural | A | 1.7 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 1.8 |
| B | 7.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 2.7 | |||
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