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)