Percentage of students at or above Proficient in reading, grade 4 public schools: By state, 1992–2002
Grade 4
Accommodations not permitted
Accommodations permitted
1992
1994
1998
1998
2002
Nation (Public)1
27 *
28
29
28
30
Alabama
20
23
24
24
22
Arizona
21
24
22
22
22
Arkansas
23
24
23
23
26
California ‡
19
18
20
20
21
Colorado
25
28
34
33
—
Connecticut
34 *,**
38 *
46
43
43
Delaware
24 *,**
23 *,**
25 *,**
22 *,**
35
Florida
21 *,**
23 *
23 *
22 *,**
27
Georgia
25
26
24
24 *
28
Hawaii
17 *
19
17 *
17 *
21
Idaho
28 *
—
—
—
32
Indiana
30
33
—
—
33
Iowa ‡
36
35
35
33
35
Kansas ‡
—
—
34
34
34
Kentucky
23 *,**
26
29
29
30
Louisiana
15 *,**
15 *,**
19
17
20
Maine
36
41 *,**
36
35
35
Maryland
24 *,**
26
29
27
30
Massachusetts
36 *,**
36 *,**
37 *,**
35 *,**
47
Michigan
26
—
28
28
30
Minnesota ‡
31 *,**
33
36
35
37
Mississippi
14
18
18
17
16
Missouri
30
31
29
28
32
Montana ‡
—
35
37
37
36
Nebraska
31
34
—
—
34
Nevada
—
—
21
20
21
New Hampshire
38
36
38
37
—
New Jersey
35
33
—
—
—
New Mexico
23
21
22
21
21
New York ‡
27 *,**
27 *,**
29 *
29 *
35
North Carolina
25 *,**
30
28 *
27 *
32
North Dakota ‡
35
38
—
—
34
Ohio
27 *,**
—
—
—
34
Oklahoma
29
—
30
30 *
26
Oregon
—
—
28
26 *
31
Pennsylvania
32
30 *
—
—
34
Rhode Island
28 *
32
32
31
32
South Carolina
22 *
20 *,**
22
22
26
Tennessee ‡
23
27
25
25
25
Texas
24
26
29
28
28
Utah
30
30
28 *
28 *
33
Vermont
—
—
—
—
39
Virginia
31 *,**
26 *,**
30 *,**
30 *,**
37
Washington ‡
—
27 *,**
29 *
30 *
35
West Virginia
25
26
29
28
28
Wisconsin ‡
33
35
34
34
—
Wyoming
33
32
30
29
31
Other Jurisdictions
District of Columbia
10
8
10
10
10
DDESS 2
—
—
32
32
34
DoDDS 3
—
28 *,**
34
33
33
Guam
8
8
—
—
8
Virgin Islands
3 *,**
—
8
7
6
— Indicates that the jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet minimum participation guidelines for reporting. ‡ Indicates that the jurisdiction did not meet one or more of the guidelines for school participation in 2002.
* Significantly different from 2002 when only one jurisdiction or the nation is being examined.
** Significantly different from 2002 when using a multiple-comparison procedure based on all jurisdictions that participated both years. 1 National results that are presented for assessments prior to 2002 are based on the national sample, not on aggregated state assessment samples. 2 Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. 3 Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas).
NOTE: Comparative performance results may be affected by changes in exclusion rates for students with disabilities and limited English proficient students in the NAEP samples.
In addition to allowing for accommodations, the accommodations-permitted results for national public schools at grade 4 (1998 and 2002) differ slightly from previous years' results, and from previously reported results for 1998, due to changes in sample weighting procedures. See appendix A of the 2002 Reading Report Card for more details.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Reading Assessments.
