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Inclusion StudyState starting point inclusiveness and change for the nation-based and jurisdiction-specific approaches in reading by grade: 2005-09

State starting point inclusiveness and change in inclusiveness for the nation-based and jurisdiction-specific approaches at grade 4 in reading, ranked by state starting point: 2005-09
State Starting
point
Nation-
based estimated
Standard
error
Juris-
diction-specific estimate
Standard
error
Wyoming 22.2 -6.2 * 2.27 -1.2   2.87
Alabama 18.0 -6.1 * 3.01 -1.1   3.85
Rhode Island 17.3 -7.3 * 2.62 -9.1 * 3.53
Alaska 16.2 -0.1   3.61 -0.8   4.52
New Hampshire 16.0 -4.9   2.74 -0.8   3.96
North Carolina 15.6 -3.9   2.78 1.3   3.41
Kansas 15.5 -16.7 * 4.33 -14.6 * 5.27
Minnesota 14.9 -3.7   2.64 -3.8   3.66
Colorado 13.1 -7.3   3.91 -3.2   4.79
Hawaii 12.1 4.3   3.44 3.0   4.39
Washington 11.4 -5.6   4.21 -0.6   6.08
New Jersey 10.8 -23.1 * 4.85 -23.4 * 6.59
Wisconsin 9.8 -4.1   3.81 -0.2   5.40
Indiana 9.2 -11.2 * 4.41 -5.7   6.24
Oklahoma 8.6 -23.8 * 3.66 -18.4 * 4.87
Connecticut 8.1 -2.8   3.37 -1.6   4.72
Pennsylvania 7.8 1.2   3.74 4.4   5.52
Idaho 7.2 -3.8   4.63 2.5   6.17
Florida 6.8 0.3   3.72 5.6   5.24
Vermont 6.5 6.2 * 2.73 7.8   4.22
South Dakota 5.8 -15.2 * 2.47 -12.9 * 3.68
New York 5.0 1.7   3.40 1.9   5.08
Utah 4.6 -14.3 * 4.11 -14.3 * 5.21
Nebraska 4.0 -1.9   3.51 1.0   4.72
California 3.9 -2.4   3.87 -1.8   4.85
Iowa 2.1 -0.8   4.68 -6.3   7.82
Massachusetts 2.0 5.9   3.06 5.2   3.94
Montana 1.8 0.3   4.00 2.1   5.58
North Dakota 1.4 -17.1 * 2.98 -22.5 * 4.03
District of Columbia 1.3 -32.2 * 3.74 -31.9 * 5.36
West Virginia 0.9 12.4 * 2.85 12.0 * 4.34
Oregon 0.8 6.9 * 3.09 8.6   4.97
New Mexico 0.3 -3.5   4.94 -1.0   7.11
Illinois 0.1 7.6 * 3.73 6.8   5.22
Arizona -0.8 7.3   5.61 8.1   6.91
Maine -1.2 10.3 * 3.60 12.3 * 4.90
Georgia -4.0 -1.9   4.07 -2.1   5.54
Maryland -4.6 -18.6 * 3.49 -17.2 * 5.08
Nevada -4.7 7.2   4.35 5.1   5.61
Mississippi -7.0 16.2 * 3.92 22.8 * 6.16
Missouri -7.1 13.0 * 3.76 13.5 * 5.44
South Carolina -8.2 4.4   3.42 1.1   4.94
Arkansas -8.4 27.7 * 3.78 32.1 * 6.31
Michigan -10.9 11.3 * 4.08 14.7 * 6.35
Ohio -13.3 4.7   4.43 3.6   6.27
Kentucky -13.5 0.3   3.31 -2.3   4.58
Texas -13.8 1.7   3.98 -3.9   4.81
Tennessee -18.0 -5.1   5.39 -9.4   7.41
Virginia -21.6 26.5 * 3.71 18.0 * 5.55
Louisiana -24.5 39.8 * 4.48 38.4 * 6.71
Delaware -29.5 23.6 * 3.10 25.2 * 3.97
* 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 and 2009 Reading Assessments.

State starting point inclusiveness and change in inclusiveness for the nation-based and jurisdiction-specific approaches at grade 8 in reading, ranked by state starting point: 2005-09
State Starting
point
Nation-
based estimated
Standard
error
Juris-
diction-specific estimate
Standard
error
Alabama 15.9 -3.7   3.36 -2.0   4.65
Alaska 14.2 0.7   2.38 -0.6   2.72
New Hampshire 13.9 -6.7 * 1.94 -6.2 * 2.62
Minnesota 12.6 -8.4 * 2.86 -6.1   3.61
Wyoming 11.5 -4.4   2.69 -4.2   4.07
Idaho 11.5 -4.4   3.73 0.8   5.49
North Carolina 11.3 -1.3   3.04 2.5   4.13
South Dakota 10.4 -15.6 * 3.14 -12.5 * 5.60
Rhode Island 10.3 0.0   2.00 -1.2   2.79
Connecticut 9.6 -2.4   2.62 0.6   5.35
Pennsylvania 9.5 -1.6   3.64 -1.8   4.94
Nebraska 9.3 -18.0 * 3.30 -13.6 * 4.39
Oregon 9.3 0.6   2.80 3.0   4.68
Hawaii 8.7 3.8   2.42 5.3   3.88
Colorado 8.6 -3.4   4.06 -3.8   5.86
California 8.1 -2.8   3.02 0.1   4.50
Vermont 8.0 3.1   2.12 5.4   3.01
Oklahoma 7.6 -13.3 * 3.91 -13.5 * 5.44
Kansas 7.4 -11.6 * 4.30 -7.0   6.24
Florida 7.3 -2.0   2.85 2.7   3.68
New Jersey 6.2 -11.9 * 4.63 -10.4   6.55
Illinois 5.6 -2.3   3.92 -3.8   5.12
Iowa 5.6 -9.6 * 3.99 -8.3   4.86
Indiana 5.3 -14.2 * 4.49 -13.2 * 5.47
Wisconsin 5.1 -3.4   4.21 -0.7   6.64
Washington 4.8 1.0   3.94 1.7   5.47
Arizona 3.3 4.3   3.83 8.3   6.28
Maryland 3.1 -29.1 * 4.27 -27.5 * 6.25
Utah 3.0 -13.6 * 4.40 -10.7   5.74
Nevada 2.3 3.0   3.27 3.9   4.71
Massachusetts 1.8 3.9   3.36 2.3   4.68
Arkansas 0.7 14.0 * 4.13 17.2 * 6.58
Montana 0.6 -2.4   3.56 -5.0   4.96
New Mexico -0.7 -2.4   4.17 -5.5   5.54
Maine -0.8 8.8 * 3.08 9.8 * 4.09
District of Columbia -3.6 -32.7 * 3.27 -27.6 * 4.38
West Virginia -3.6 17.1 * 3.71 16.3 * 5.93
New York -4.4 -3.3   4.24 -6.5   6.19
North Dakota -5.2 -19.2 * 3.56 -18.6 * 4.76
Georgia -6.3 2.2   4.99 0.7   6.67
Michigan -10.6 6.2   4.43 2.6   6.44
Texas -11.5 3.2   2.88 1.4   3.84
Ohio -12.2 0.0   4.85 -4.4   6.50
Missouri -12.3 14.7 * 4.26 11.6   6.15
Virginia -13.5 18.3 * 3.44 11.4 * 4.62
Kentucky -14.7 -2.7   4.20 -2.9   5.55
Mississippi -16.1 23.6 * 4.93 20.1 * 7.41
Louisiana -16.7 30.7 * 4.72 27.5 * 6.80
South Carolina -16.7 1.8   4.64 2.9   6.89
Tennessee -18.2 -5.8   4.59 -10.0   6.51
Delaware -27.2 34.4 * 3.27 36.5 * 4.88
* 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 and 2009 Reading Assessments.

Last updated 13 September 2011 (DJ)