Table Title
| Order |  | Cross-state significant difference | Number of Jurisdictions Significantly |  All students |  White |  Black |  White - Black difference |
| higher | not different | lower | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 |
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| N/A National public | National public | | | | | 221 | 232 | 206 | 26 |
| N/A Alabama | Alabama | | | | | 217 | 226 | 204 | 22 |
| N/A Alaska | Alaska | | | | | 213 | 228 | 209 | 18 |
| N/A Arizona | Arizona | | | | | 215 | 229 | 217 | 12 |
| N/A Arkansas | Arkansas | | | | | 218 | 224 | 202 | 22 |
| N/A California | California | | | | | 213 | 231 | 198 | 33 |
| N/A Colorado | Colorado | | | | | 224 | 236 | 214 | 21 |
| N/A Connecticut | Connecticut | | | | | 229 | 240 | 205 | 35 |
| N/A Delaware | Delaware | | | | | 224 | 236 | 210 | 26 |
| N/A District of Columbia | District of Columbia | | | | | 212 | 260 | 204 | 57 |
| N/A DoDEA | DoDEA | | | | | 234 | 237 | 228 | 9 |
| N/A Florida | Florida | | | | | 227 | 235 | 213 | 23 |
| N/A Georgia | Georgia | | | | | 222 | 232 | 212 | 20 |
| N/A Hawaii | Hawaii | | | | | 215 | 233 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A Idaho | Idaho | | | | | 222 | 227 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A Illinois | Illinois | | | | | 222 | 233 | 202 | 31 |
| N/A Indiana | Indiana | | | | | 227 | 231 | 212 | 20 |
| N/A Iowa | Iowa | | | | | 224 | 228 | 195 | 32 |
| N/A Kansas | Kansas | | | | | 221 | 227 | 198 | 29 |
| N/A Kentucky | Kentucky | | | | | 228 | 231 | 212 | 19 |
| N/A Louisiana | Louisiana | | | | | 216 | 226 | 204 | 23 |
| N/A Maine | Maine | | | | | 224 | 225 | 196 | 29 |
| N/A Maryland | Maryland | | | | | 223 | 235 | 208 | 28 |
| N/A Massachusetts | Massachusetts | | | | | 235 | 242 | 217 | 25 |
| N/A Michigan | Michigan | | | | | 216 | 221 | 192 | 28 |
| N/A Minnesota | Minnesota | | | | | 223 | 232 | 195 | 37 |
| N/A Mississippi | Mississippi | | | | | 214 | 227 | 202 | 25 |
| N/A Missouri | Missouri | | | | | 223 | 229 | 202 | 27 |
| N/A Montana | Montana | | | | | 225 | 229 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A Nebraska | Nebraska | | | | | 227 | 234 | 208 | 26 |
| N/A Nevada | Nevada | | | | | 214 | 228 | 200 | 28 |
| N/A New Hampshire | New Hampshire | | | | | 232 | 233 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A New Jersey | New Jersey | | | | | 229 | 239 | 213 | 26 |
| N/A New Mexico | New Mexico | | | | | 207 | 225 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A New York | New York | | | | | 223 | 234 | 208 | 26 |
| N/A North Carolina | North Carolina | | | | | 226 | 236 | 214 | 22 |
| N/A North Dakota | North Dakota | | | | | 225 | 229 | 208 | 20 |
| N/A Ohio | Ohio | | | | | 225 | 230 | 205 | 25 |
| N/A Oklahoma | Oklahoma | | | | | 222 | 226 | 205 | 21 |
| N/A Oregon | Oregon | | | | | 220 | 227 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | | | | | 227 | 234 | 205 | 30 |
| N/A Rhode Island | Rhode Island | | | | | 225 | 234 | 215 | 20 |
| N/A South Carolina | South Carolina | | | | | 218 | 230 | 200 | 31 |
| N/A South Dakota | South Dakota | | | | | 220 | 227 | 202 | 26 |
| N/A Tennessee | Tennessee | | | | | 219 | 225 | 199 | 26 |
| N/A Texas | Texas | | | | | 218 | 235 | 205 | 30 |
| N/A Utah | Utah | | | | | 226 | 231 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A Vermont | Vermont | | | | | 230 | 231 | ‡ | ‡ |
| N/A Virginia | Virginia | | | | | 229 | 238 | 208 | 29 |
| N/A Washington | Washington | | | | | 226 | 234 | 215 | 19 |
| N/A West Virginia | West Virginia | | | | | 216 | 217 | 210 | 6 |
| N/A Wisconsin | Wisconsin | | | | | 223 | 231 | 193 | 38 |
| N/A Wyoming | Wyoming | | | | | 228 | 232 | ‡ | ‡ |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. |
| NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Prior to 2011, students in the "two or more races" category were categorized as "unclassified." National public is included for reference only and is not included in sorting the jurisdictions. Score differences are calculated based on differences between unrounded average scale scores. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Reading Assessment. |
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