| State/jurisdiction | Reading | Mathematics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | Grade 8 | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | |||||
| Percent meeting state proficiency standard | Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level |
Percent meeting state proficiency standard | Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level |
Percent meeting state proficiency standard | Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level |
Percent meeting state proficiency standard | Percent at or above NAEP Proficient level |
|
| Alabama | 86 | 28 | 75 | 24 | 79 | 24 | 74 | 20 |
| Alaska | 78 | 27 | 82 | 27 | 74 | 38 | 66 | 33 |
| Arizona | 72 | 25 | 69 | 27 | 74 | 28 | 63 | 29 |
| Arkansas | 70 | 29 | 71 | 27 | 78 | 36 | 61 | 27 |
| California | 60 | 24 | 48 | 22 | 65 | 30 | 41 | 23 |
| Colorado | 87 | 40 | 88 | 32 | 91 | 45 | 81 | 40 |
| Connecticut | 70 | 42 | 77 | 43 | 81 | 46 | 81 | 40 |
| Delaware | 77 | 35 | 77 | 31 | 76 | 36 | 66 | 32 |
| District of Columbia | 46 | 17 | 46 | 14 | 50 | 17 | 44 | 11 |
| Florida | 74 | 36 | 54 | 32 | 75 | 40 | 66 | 29 |
| Georgia | 87 | 29 | 77 | 27 | 75 | 34 | 81 | 27 |
| Hawaii | 62 | 26 | 68 | 22 | 50 | 37 | 39 | 25 |
| Idaho | 86 | 32 | 91 | 33 | 86 | 41 | 78 | 38 |
| Illinois | 74 | 32 | 83 | 33 | 85 | 38 | 82 | 33 |
| Indiana | 74 | 32 | 68 | 31 | 73 | 42 | 75 | 36 |
| Iowa | 80 | 34 | 73 | 32 | 80 | 41 | 76 | 34 |
| Kansas | 88 | 35 | 85 | 33 | 87 | 46 | 78 | 39 |
| Kentucky | 74 | 36 | 68 | 33 | 71 | 37 | 55 | 27 |
| Louisiana | 71 | 18 | 61 | 20 | 64 | 23 | 58 | 20 |
| Maine | 71 | 35 | 71 | 35 | 66 | 45 | 52 | 35 |
| Maryland | 87 | 37 | 80 | 36 | 89 | 44 | 66 | 40 |
| Massachusetts | 54 | 47 | 79 | 43 | 48 | 57 | 49 | 52 |
| Michigan | 77 | 30 | 77 | 31 | 88 | 35 | 75 | 31 |
| Minnesota | 75 | 37 | 67 | 38 | 73 | 54 | 58 | 47 |
| Mississippi | 52 | 22 | 48 | 19 | 58 | 22 | 54 | 15 |
| Missouri | 47 | 36 | 50 | 34 | 45 | 41 | 47 | 35 |
| Montana | 81 | 35 | 81 | 38 | 67 | 45 | 60 | 44 |
| Nebraska | 95 | 35 | 95 | 35 | 96 | 38 | 92 | 35 |
| Nevada | 62 | 24 | 61 | 22 | 64 | 32 | 55 | 25 |
| New Hampshire | 74 | 41 | 70 | 39 | 73 | 56 | 64 | 43 |
| New Jersey | 63 | 40 | 82 | 42 | 73 | 49 | 71 | 44 |
| New Mexico | 52 | 20 | 63 | 22 | 42 | 26 | 43 | 20 |
| New York | 77 | 36 | 68 | 33 | 87 | 40 | 80 | 34 |
| North Carolina | 69 | 32 | 66 | 29 | 81 | 43 | 80 | 36 |
| North Dakota | 80 | 35 | 76 | 34 | 81 | 45 | 71 | 43 |
| Ohio | 82 | 36 | 72 | 37 | 78 | 45 | 71 | 36 |
| Oklahoma | 62 | 28 | 66 | 26 | 66 | 33 | 59 | 24 |
| Oregon | 84 | 31 | 69 | 33 | 77 | 37 | 71 | 37 |
| Pennsylvania | 72 | 37 | 80 | 40 | 81 | 46 | 70 | 40 |
| Rhode Island | 68 | 36 | 62 | 28 | 63 | 39 | 53 | 28 |
| South Carolina | 84 | 28 | 71 | 24 | 69 | 34 | 75 | 30 |
| South Dakota | 77 | 33 | 74 | 37 | 77 | 42 | 74 | 42 |
| Tennessee | 90 | 28 | 93 | 28 | 90 | 28 | 90 | 25 |
| Texas | 84 | 28 | 94 | 27 | 85 | 38 | 83 | 36 |
| Utah | 78 | 31 | 83 | 33 | 73 | 41 | 62 | 35 |
| Vermont | 70 | 41 | 69 | 41 | 69 | 51 | 63 | 43 |
| Virginia | 89 | 38 | 87 | 32 | 86 | 43 | 85 | 36 |
| Washington | 73 | 33 | 68 | 36 | 52 | 43 | 51 | 39 |
| West Virginia | 64 | 26 | 61 | 22 | 65 | 28 | 53 | 19 |
| Wisconsin | 82 | 33 | 85 | 34 | 81 | 45 | 79 | 39 |
| Wyoming | 71 | 33 | 65 | 34 | 75 | 40 | 62 | 35 |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Reading and Mathematics Assessments. SY 2008-09 Consolidated State Performance Report Part I (retrieved on 01/18/2011 from http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/consolidated/sy08-09part1) | ||||||||