State | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | ||||||
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Actual | Benchmark | Difference | Actual | Benchmark | Difference | Actual | Benchmark | Difference | |
Alabama | 88.0 | 72.1 | 15.9 | 74.2 | 73.2 | 1.0 | 86.7 | 74.5 | 12.2 |
Alaska | 88.0 | 73.7 | 14.2 | 84.1 | 72.1 | 12.0 | 89.8 | 74.9 | 14.9 |
Arizona | 73.3 | 70.0 | 3.3 | 67.3 | 74.4 | -7.2 | 79.2 | 71.6 | 7.6 |
Arkansas | 62.0 | 61.3 | 0.7 | 62.1 | 72.3 | -10.2 | 88.0 | 73.3 | 14.6 |
California | 80.1 | 72.1 | 8.1 | 80.3 | 77.5 | 2.9 | 83.1 | 77.9 | 5.2 |
Colorado | 76.7 | 68.1 | 8.6 | 78.1 | 74.7 | 3.3 | 77.1 | 71.8 | 5.3 |
Connecticut | 84.4 | 74.9 | 9.6 | 87.0 | 75.0 | 11.9 | 86.1 | 78.9 | 7.2 |
Delaware | 33.3 | 60.5 | -27.2 | 62.6 | 64.7 | -2.1 | 74.3 | 67.1 | 7.2 |
District of Columbia | 62.1 | 65.6 | -3.6 | 33.6 | 63.7 | -30.1 | 33.4 | 69.7 | -36.2 |
Florida | 80.2 | 72.9 | 7.3 | 83.5 | 77.6 | 5.8 | 83.9 | 78.6 | 5.3 |
Georgia | 62.4 | 68.7 | -6.3 | 45.0 | 68.0 | -23.1 | 70.0 | 74.1 | -4.2 |
Hawaii | 82.4 | 73.7 | 8.7 | 87.6 | 78.1 | 9.5 | 88.6 | 76.1 | 12.5 |
Idaho | 81.5 | 70.0 | 11.5 | 74.9 | 75.8 | -0.8 | 80.2 | 73.1 | 7.1 |
Illinois | 72.4 | 66.8 | 5.6 | 72.4 | 71.2 | 1.2 | 78.9 | 75.5 | 3.3 |
Indiana | 73.5 | 68.2 | 5.3 | 70.9 | 71.1 | -0.2 | 65.2 | 74.1 | -8.9 |
Iowa | 75.9 | 70.3 | 5.6 | 71.7 | 74.5 | -2.8 | 72.3 | 76.2 | -4.0 |
Kansas | 72.6 | 65.2 | 7.4 | 65.9 | 70.4 | -4.5 | 66.1 | 70.3 | -4.2 |
Kentucky | 44.8 | 59.5 | -14.7 | 42.4 | 60.4 | -18.0 | 46.2 | 63.6 | -17.4 |
Louisiana | 49.8 | 66.5 | -16.7 | 80.1 | 74.9 | 5.1 | 88.5 | 74.5 | 14.1 |
Maine | 65.9 | 66.7 | -0.8 | 67.9 | 71.8 | -3.9 | 80.7 | 72.7 | 8.0 |
Maryland | 69.1 | 66.0 | 3.1 | 47.8 | 66.6 | -18.7 | 44.5 | 70.5 | -26.0 |
Massachusetts | 69.0 | 67.2 | 1.8 | 68.7 | 69.9 | -1.2 | 78.9 | 73.3 | 5.7 |
Michigan | 56.1 | 66.7 | -10.6 | 63.4 | 73.0 | -9.5 | 70.6 | 74.9 | -4.4 |
Minnesota | 82.8 | 70.2 | 12.6 | 73.2 | 73.3 | -0.1 | 78.9 | 74.8 | 4.2 |
Mississippi | 58.0 | 74.1 | -16.1 | 63.2 | 75.1 | -11.9 | 84.1 | 76.6 | 7.5 |
Missouri | 49.5 | 61.8 | -12.3 | 76.1 | 73.3 | 2.8 | 76.5 | 74.1 | 2.4 |
Montana | 66.6 | 66.0 | 0.6 | 69.2 | 73.2 | -4.0 | 70.5 | 72.3 | -1.9 |
Nebraska | 77.2 | 67.9 | 9.3 | 73.8 | 75.9 | -2.1 | 63.6 | 72.3 | -8.7 |
Nevada | 74.7 | 72.3 | 2.3 | 69.5 | 71.6 | -2.0 | 83.5 | 78.2 | 5.3 |
New Hampshire | 87.7 | 73.9 | 13.9 | 80.7 | 75.8 | 4.9 | 83.7 | 76.5 | 7.2 |
New Jersey | 78.5 | 72.2 | 6.2 | 64.7 | 73.1 | -8.4 | 68.0 | 73.6 | -5.6 |
New Mexico | 68.7 | 69.4 | -0.7 | 60.5 | 72.8 | -12.3 | 65.7 | 68.9 | -3.1 |
New York | 65.2 | 69.7 | -4.4 | 66.8 | 73.4 | -6.5 | 66.5 | 74.2 | -7.7 |
North Carolina | 80.9 | 69.6 | 11.3 | 83.2 | 75.5 | 7.7 | 86.4 | 76.3 | 10.1 |
North Dakota | 55.9 | 61.1 | -5.2 | 38.7 | 65.0 | -26.2 | 46.3 | 70.6 | -24.3 |
Ohio | 50.8 | 63.0 | -12.2 | 50.9 | 62.7 | -11.9 | 57.1 | 69.3 | -12.2 |
Oklahoma | 74.2 | 66.7 | 7.6 | 59.3 | 72.0 | -12.7 | 71.3 | 77.0 | -5.7 |
Oregon | 77.4 | 68.1 | 9.3 | 81.5 | 70.6 | 11.0 | 81.8 | 71.9 | 9.9 |
Pennsylvania | 79.3 | 69.8 | 9.5 | 73.8 | 74.6 | -0.8 | 84.1 | 76.3 | 7.9 |
Rhode Island | 84.6 | 74.3 | 10.3 | 85.3 | 79.1 | 6.1 | 89.5 | 79.2 | 10.3 |
South Carolina | 52.2 | 68.8 | -16.7 | 57.2 | 71.2 | -14.0 | 59.5 | 74.5 | -14.9 |
South Dakota | 73.0 | 62.6 | 10.4 | 50.6 | 70.9 | -20.3 | 61.8 | 66.9 | -5.1 |
Tennessee | 43.4 | 61.6 | -18.2 | 40.7 | 62.7 | -22.0 | 40.3 | 64.3 | -24.0 |
Texas | 63.1 | 74.7 | -11.5 | 56.6 | 73.0 | -16.4 | 62.3 | 70.7 | -8.4 |
Utah | 72.1 | 69.1 | 3.0 | 61.2 | 69.0 | -7.8 | 61.9 | 72.5 | -10.6 |
Vermont | 77.5 | 69.5 | 8.0 | 73.7 | 74.9 | -1.1 | 84.8 | 73.7 | 11.1 |
Virginia | 54.9 | 68.4 | -13.5 | 55.9 | 71.3 | -15.4 | 77.6 | 72.8 | 4.8 |
Washington | 72.5 | 67.7 | 4.8 | 67.5 | 74.5 | -6.9 | 78.5 | 72.7 | 5.8 |
West Virginia | 62.7 | 66.3 | -3.6 | 86.6 | 72.5 | 14.1 | 86.3 | 72.9 | 13.5 |
Wisconsin | 68.3 | 63.2 | 5.1 | 62.9 | 67.1 | -4.2 | 74.0 | 72.3 | 1.7 |
Wyoming | 81.6 | 70.1 | 11.5 | 76.7 | 70.8 | 5.9 | 80.4 | 73.3 | 7.1 |
NOTE: The difference in this table (the actual inclusion rate minus the nation-based benchmark inclusion rate) is also used in the report as the status measure. 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. |