Quality Counts 2005: Data Table

Student Achievement
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Note: A dash (—) indicates data were not available or, in U.S. row, that a total was not appropriate. States are ranked by the percent of students scoring at or above proficient on NAEP; ties are ranked alphabetically. G = Graded; U = Ungraded. ¹State had a statistically significant decrease since the last administration of the exam. ²State had a statistically significant increase since the last administration of the exam. ³If states did not offer tests in 2003 at grade 4 or 8, Education Week accepted test results from the next closest grade level. Please see the Sources and Notes for more information on the grade levels assessed by states included in this table. ⁴Vermont assesses reading performance in two separate areas: analysis/interpretation and basic understanding. Student performance on the basic-understanding standard is significantly higher than performance on the analysis/interpretation standard. The percentage of students who achieved the standard or achieved the standard with honors in analysis/interpretation is presented as a comparison to NAEP. ⁵Iowa reading and mathematics scores represent the average between scores from the 2001-02 and 2002-03 school years. ⁶Alabama and West Virginia reading and mathematics scores are from 2004. ⁷Column denotes differences between the total percent of students scoring at or above proficient on NAEP and the total percent of students scoring at or above proficient on the state required assessment at the equivalent subject and grade.
STATE	Reading
	Percent of 4th graders scoring at or above proficient in 2003
	NAEP^G	State test^3,U	Difference^7,U
Connecticut	43	69	26
Massachusetts	40¹	56	16
New Hampshire	40	76	36
New Jersey	39	78	39
Colorado	37	87	50
Minnesota	37	76	39
Vermont	37	70⁴	33
Maine	36	49	13
Iowa	35	76⁵	41
Montana	35	76	41
Virginia	35	73	38
Missouri	34	34	—
New York	34	64	30
Ohio	34	66	32
Wyoming	34	44	10
Delaware	33	79	46
Indiana	33	72	39
Kansas	33	69	36
North Carolina	33	81	48
Pennsylvania	33	58	25
South Dakota	33	85	52
Washington	33	67	34
Wisconsin	33	82	49
Florida	32²	60	28
Maryland	32	58	26
Michigan	32	75	43
Nebraska	32	79	47
North Dakota	32	74	42
Utah	32	78	46
Illinois	31	62	31
Kentucky	31	62	31
Oregon	31	83	52
Idaho	30	75	45
Rhode Island	29	62	33
West Virginia	29	73⁶	44
Alaska	28	74	46
Arkansas	28	62	34
Georgia	27	80	53
Texas	27	85	58
Oklahoma	26	74	48
South Carolina	26	31	5
Tennessee	26	80	54
Arizona	23	77	54
Alabama	22	77⁶	55
California	21	39	18
Hawaii	21	42	21
Louisiana	20	61	41
Nevada	20	49	29
New Mexico	19	45	26
Mississippi	18	87	69
District of Columbia	10	—	—
U.S.	30	—	—

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