Average reading scale scores, grade 4 public schools: By state, 1992–2003
Accommodations not permitted
Accommodations permitted
1992
1994
1998
1998
2002
2003
Nation (Public)
1
215
212
*
215
213
*
217
216
Alabama
207
208
211
211
207
207
Alaska
212
Arizona
209
206
207
206
205
209
Arkansas
211
209
*,**
209
*
209
*
213
214
California
202
197
*,**
202
202
206
206
Colorado
217
*,**
213
*,**
222
220
224
Connecticut
222
*,**
222
*,**
232
230
229
228
Delaware
213
*,**
206
*,**
212
*,**
207
*,**
224
224
Florida
208
*,**
205
*,**
207
*,**
206
*,**
214
*
218
Georgia
212
207
*,**
210
209
*,**
215
214
Hawaii
203
*
201
*,**
200
*,**
200
*,**
208
208
Idaho
219
220
218
Illinois
216
Indiana
221
220
222
220
Iowa
225
223
223
220
223
223
Kansas
222
221
222
220
Kentucky
213
*,**
212
*,**
218
218
219
219
Louisiana
204
197
*,**
204
200
*
207
205
Maine
227
*
228
*,**
225
225
225
224
Maryland
211
*,**
210
*,**
215
212
*,**
217
219
Massachusetts
226
223
*,**
225
223
*,**
234
*,**
228
Michigan
216
217
216
219
219
Minnesota
221
218
*,**
222
219
225
223
Mississippi
199
*,**
202
204
203
203
205
Missouri
220
217
*,**
216
*,**
216
*,**
220
222
Montana
222
226
225
224
223
Nebraska
221
220
222
221
Nevada
208
206
209
207
New Hampshire
228
223
*,**
226
226
228
New Jersey
223
219
*,**
225
New Mexico
211
*,**
205
206
205
208
203
New York
215
*,**
212
*,**
216
*,**
215
*,**
222
222
North Carolina
212
*,**
214
*,**
217
*
213
*,**
222
221
North Dakota
226
*,**
225
*,**
224
222
Ohio
217
*,**
222
222
Oklahoma
220
*,**
220
*,**
219
*,**
213
214
Oregon
214
212
*,**
220
218
Pennsylvania
221
215
221
219
Rhode Island
217
220
218
218
220
216
South Carolina
210
*,**
203
*,**
210
*
209
*,**
214
215
South Dakota
222
Tennessee
212
213
212
212
214
212
Texas
213
212
217
214
217
215
Utah
220
217
215
*
216
222
219
Vermont
227
226
Virginia
221
213
*,**
218
*
217
*,**
225
223
Washington
213
*,**
217
*
218
224
221
West Virginia
216
*
213
*,**
216
216
219
219
Wisconsin
224
*
224
*,**
224
*
222
221
Wyoming
223
221
219
218
*
221
222
Other Jurisdictions
District of Columbia
188
179
*,**
182
*,**
179
*,**
191
188
DDESS
2
220
*
219
*
225
223
DoDDS
3
218
*,**
223
221
*,**
224
225
— Not available.
* Significantly different from 2003 when only one jurisdiction or the nation is being examined.
** Significantly different from 2003 when using a multiple-comparison procedure based on all jurisdictions that participated in both years. 1 National results for assessments prior to 2002 are based on the national sample, not on aggregated state samples. 2 Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. 3 Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas).
NOTE: State-level data were not collected in 2000. 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 (1998–2003) differ slightly from previous years results, and from previously reported results for 1998, due to changes in sample weighting procedures.
Significance tests were performed using unrounded numbers. NAEP sample sizes have increased since 2002 compared to previous years, resulting in smaller detectable differences than in previous assessments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2003 Reading Assessments.
Among the 46 states and jurisdictions that participated in both the 2002 and 2003 fourth-grade assessments, Florida showed an increase in the average reading score while Massachusetts showed a decrease.
Of the 42 states and jurisdictions that participated in both the 1992 and 2003 fourth-grade assessments, 13 showed an increase while 5 showed a decrease in the average score.
View average scale score gains within states/jurisdictions at grade 4 for the following comparison years:
