Mastery Across the States

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Below is the percentage of students scoring at the “proficient” level or higher on the reading NAEP, meaning they demonstrated mastery over the challenging subject matter.

	4th grade		8th grade
	1998	2002	1998	2002
Nation (Public)	28	30	30	31
Alabama	24	22	22	21
Arizona	22	22	27	23
Arkansas	23	26	23	27
California⁺	20	21	21	20
Colorado	33	-	30	-
Connecticut	43	43	40	37
Delaware	22*	35	23*	33
District of Columbia	10	10	11	10
Florida	22*	27	23*	29
Georgia	24*	28	25	26
Hawaii	17*	21	19	20
Idaho	-	32	-	34
Indiana	-	33	-	32
Iowa⁺^#	33	35	-	-
Kansas⁺	34	34	36	38
Kentucky	29	30	30	32
Louisiana	17	20	17*	22
Maine	35	35	41	38
Maryland	27	30	31	32
Massachusetts	35*	47	38	39
Michigan	28	30	-	32
Minnesota⁺	35	37	36	-
Mississippi	17	16	19	20
Missouri	28	32	28*	33
Montana⁺	37	36	40	37
Nebraska	-	34	-	36
Nevada	20	21	23	19
New Hampshire^#	37	-	-	-
New Mexico	21	21	23	20
New York⁺	29*	35	32	32
North Carolina	27*	32	30	32
North Dakota⁺	-	34	-	35
Ohio	-	34	-	35
Oklahoma	30*	26	30	28
Oregon⁺	26*	31	35	37
Pennsylvania	-	34	-	35
Rhode Island	31	32	32	30
South Carolina	22	26	22	24
Tennessee⁺	25	25	27	28
Texas	28	28	27	31
Utah	28*	33	31	32
Vermont	-	39	-	40
Virginia	30*	37	33	37
Washington⁺	30*	35	32*	37
West Virginia	28	28	28	29
Wisconsin⁺	34	-	34	-
Wyoming	29	31	31	31

⁺ Indicates that the jurisdiction did not meet one or more of the guidelines for school participation in 2002. ^* Significantly different from 2002 ^# Iowa and New Hampshire did not participate in 8th grade assessment.

NOTES: Comparative performance results may be affected by changes in exclusion rates for students with disabilities and limited-English- proficient students in the NAEP samples. National results presented for assessments prior to 2002 are based on the national sample, not on aggregated state assessment samples.

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics