| State | Starting point |
Nation- based estimate |
Standard error |
Juris- diction-specific estimate |
Standard error |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 17.4 | -4.0 | * | 1.98 | -5.5 | 4.08 | ||
| North Carolina | 12.5 | -0.8 | 2.61 | 1.0 | 3.26 | |||
| Connecticut | 9.9 | -4.5 | 3.15 | -2.7 | 4.81 | |||
| Alaska | 9.8 | 6.3 | 3.45 | 6.8 | 4.66 | |||
| Rhode Island | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2.77 | -0.4 | 3.78 | |||
| Wyoming | 8.7 | 7.2 | * | 2.32 | 8.9 | * | 3.22 | |
| Colorado | 8.1 | -2.3 | 3.79 | -2.5 | 4.81 | |||
| Louisiana | 7.2 | 8.2 | * | 3.47 | 10.1 | 6.62 | ||
| New Hampshire | 6.8 | 4.3 | 3.25 | 4.5 | 4.45 | |||
| Alabama | 6.4 | 5.5 | 3.10 | 7.2 | 4.13 | |||
| Indiana | 5.5 | -7.5 | 3.96 | -3.8 | 6.67 | |||
| Idaho | 5.5 | -2.1 | 4.89 | 1.2 | 7.05 | |||
| Massachusetts | 5.4 | 2.6 | 3.06 | 1.6 | 3.95 | |||
| Hawaii | 4.3 | 12.2 | * | 3.61 | 7.8 | 5.11 | ||
| Oregon | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.94 | 3.4 | 5.21 | |||
| Missouri | 4.2 | 1.7 | 3.33 | 3.7 | 5.27 | |||
| Florida | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.47 | 5.9 | 5.16 | |||
| California | 2.7 | -1.2 | 3.92 | -0.5 | 4.89 | |||
| Minnesota | 2.4 | 8.8 | * | 2.92 | 8.0 | 4.26 | ||
| Iowa | 2.3 | -1.1 | 4.70 | -3.2 | 7.89 | |||
| Mississippi | 1.9 | 7.3 | * | 3.35 | 9.5 | 6.26 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 1.9 | 7.2 | 3.81 | 7.5 | 6.13 | |||
| South Carolina | 1.6 | -5.3 | 3.25 | -6.6 | 5.05 | |||
| Washington | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.92 | 6.0 | 6.15 | |||
| Arizona | 1.4 | 5.2 | 6.07 | 6.9 | 7.60 | |||
| Vermont | 1.2 | 11.5 | * | 2.58 | 11.2 | * | 4.55 | |
| New York | 0.5 | 6.2 | 3.68 | 6.2 | 5.53 | |||
| Wisconsin | 0.4 | 5.3 | 3.22 | 5.5 | 5.06 | |||
| Nevada | 0.0 | 2.4 | 4.26 | 4.0 | 5.95 | |||
| Nebraska | -0.9 | 3.1 | 3.22 | 3.4 | 4.91 | |||
| Maine | -1.0 | 10.0 | * | 3.15 | 8.6 | 4.93 | ||
| Montana | -1.7 | 3.8 | 4.14 | 2.9 | 5.92 | |||
| Michigan | -2.0 | 2.5 | 3.26 | 0.3 | 6.19 | |||
| Illinois | -3.3 | 10.9 | * | 4.03 | 11.0 | 5.64 | ||
| New Jersey | -5.1 | -7.3 | 5.11 | -8.1 | 7.25 | |||
| South Dakota | -5.8 | -3.6 | 2.63 | -2.0 | 4.16 | |||
| Kansas | -7.9 | 6.6 | 4.83 | 4.1 | 6.23 | |||
| Utah | -8.2 | -1.5 | 4.60 | -2.4 | 5.97 | |||
| Ohio | -10.6 | 2.1 | 5.15 | 4.0 | 6.80 | |||
| Oklahoma | -11.3 | -3.9 | 4.20 | -1.3 | 5.73 | |||
| Delaware | -12.3 | 6.4 | * | 2.70 | 5.1 | 3.72 | ||
| Virginia | -12.8 | 17.8 | * | 3.56 | 12.9 | * | 6.10 | |
| Kentucky | -12.9 | -0.4 | 3.18 | 0.4 | 4.66 | |||
| Arkansas | -14.7 | 34.0 | * | 3.42 | 34.1 | * | 6.60 | |
| Maryland | -16.2 | -7.1 | * | 3.37 | -5.0 | 5.24 | ||
| New Mexico | -16.5 | 13.3 | * | 4.77 | 15.0 | * | 7.45 | |
| North Dakota | -18.3 | 2.6 | 3.18 | -2.0 | 4.38 | |||
| Texas | -19.5 | 7.4 | 4.15 | 3.2 | 5.13 | |||
| Georgia | -22.6 | 16.6 | * | 3.76 | 14.1 | * | 5.73 | |
| Tennessee | -22.8 | -0.3 | 4.23 | -3.3 | 6.65 | |||
| District of Columbia | -31.5 | 0.6 | 3.54 | -0.1 | 5.46 | |||
| * Statistically different from zero (p < .05). | ||||||||
| NOTE: Significance tests were performed only for the change measures. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005, 2007, and 2009 Reading Assessments. | ||||||||
| State | Starting point |
Nation- based estimate |
Standard error |
Juris- diction-specific estimate |
Standard error |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 14.1 | -0.7 | 2.93 | 2.1 | 7.58 | |||
| Alaska | 12.0 | 2.9 | 2.72 | 1.9 | 3.57 | |||
| Connecticut | 11.9 | -4.8 | 2.51 | -2.2 | 5.86 | |||
| Oregon | 11.0 | -1.1 | 3.01 | -2.3 | 6.07 | |||
| Hawaii | 9.5 | 3.0 | 2.17 | 2.4 | 3.96 | |||
| North Carolina | 7.7 | 2.4 | 2.76 | 3.3 | 4.18 | |||
| Rhode Island | 6.1 | 4.2 | * | 2.06 | 3.1 | 3.09 | ||
| Wyoming | 5.9 | 1.3 | 2.72 | 2.5 | 4.92 | |||
| Florida | 5.8 | -0.5 | 2.70 | 0.8 | 3.61 | |||
| Louisiana | 5.1 | 8.9 | 4.56 | 10.8 | 6.95 | |||
| New Hampshire | 4.9 | 2.2 | 2.31 | 2.9 | 3.16 | |||
| Colorado | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.94 | 1.2 | 6.39 | |||
| California | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.39 | 3.8 | 4.98 | |||
| Missouri | 2.8 | -0.4 | 3.48 | -1.4 | 5.64 | |||
| Illinois | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.65 | 0.6 | 4.93 | |||
| Alabama | 1.0 | 11.2 | * | 4.49 | 11.8 | * | 5.75 | |
| Minnesota | -0.1 | 4.3 | 3.33 | 5.1 | 4.20 | |||
| Indiana | -0.2 | -8.7 | 4.50 | -8.2 | 5.59 | |||
| Pennsylvania | -0.8 | 8.6 | * | 3.99 | 7.4 | 5.52 | ||
| Idaho | -0.8 | 7.9 | * | 3.55 | 8.0 | 5.28 | ||
| Vermont | -1.1 | 12.2 | * | 2.05 | 12.3 | * | 3.10 | |
| Massachusetts | -1.2 | 6.9 | 3.81 | 7.5 | 5.11 | |||
| Nevada | -2.0 | 7.3 | 3.72 | 7.6 | 5.62 | |||
| Delaware | -2.1 | 9.3 | * | 2.85 | 10.8 | * | 4.86 | |
| Nebraska | -2.1 | -6.6 | 3.78 | -6.3 | 4.95 | |||
| Iowa | -2.8 | -1.2 | 4.20 | -0.1 | 4.96 | |||
| Maine | -3.9 | 11.9 | * | 2.95 | 11.0 | * | 4.04 | |
| Montana | -4.0 | 2.1 | 3.61 | 0.1 | 5.02 | |||
| Wisconsin | -4.2 | 6.0 | 4.14 | 4.0 | 7.57 | |||
| Kansas | -4.5 | 0.3 | 4.08 | -0.3 | 6.45 | |||
| New York | -6.5 | -1.2 | 4.50 | -3.2 | 6.45 | |||
| Washington | -6.9 | 12.8 | * | 4.31 | 10.4 | 5.86 | ||
| Arizona | -7.2 | 14.8 | * | 4.23 | 12.8 | 7.91 | ||
| Utah | -7.8 | -2.8 | 4.75 | -3.8 | 6.16 | |||
| New Jersey | -8.4 | 2.8 | 5.04 | 4.4 | 6.95 | |||
| Michigan | -9.5 | 5.1 | 4.15 | 4.5 | 6.52 | |||
| Arkansas | -10.2 | 24.9 | * | 4.24 | 26.8 | * | 7.12 | |
| Ohio | -11.9 | -0.3 | 4.13 | -2.6 | 6.20 | |||
| Mississippi | -11.9 | 19.4 | * | 4.76 | 20.2 | * | 7.68 | |
| New Mexico | -12.3 | 9.2 | * | 4.15 | 6.0 | 5.58 | ||
| Oklahoma | -12.7 | 7.0 | 3.64 | 6.9 | 5.37 | |||
| South Carolina | -14.0 | -1.0 | 4.13 | -0.1 | 7.03 | |||
| Virginia | -15.4 | 20.2 | * | 3.62 | 18.5 | * | 5.37 | |
| Texas | -16.4 | 8.0 | * | 3.47 | 5.5 | 4.23 | ||
| Kentucky | -18.0 | 0.6 | 3.74 | 0.5 | 5.79 | |||
| Maryland | -18.7 | -7.2 | 4.58 | -6.0 | 7.11 | |||
| South Dakota | -20.3 | 15.1 | * | 3.99 | 13.9 | * | 6.78 | |
| Tennessee | -22.0 | -2.0 | 4.41 | -3.9 | 6.77 | |||
| Georgia | -23.1 | 18.9 | * | 4.49 | 15.6 | * | 6.64 | |
| North Dakota | -26.2 | 1.9 | 3.67 | 1.3 | 5.06 | |||
| District of Columbia | -30.1 | -6.1 | 3.34 | -1.3 | 4.96 | |||
| * Statistically different from zero (p < .05). | ||||||||
| NOTE: Significance tests were performed only for the change measures. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005, 2007, and 2009 Reading Assessments. | ||||||||
