State | Reading | Mathematics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation coefficient | Standard error | Correlation coefficient | Standard error | |
Alabama | 0.75 | 0.048 | 0.66 | 0.049 |
Alaska | 0.88 | 0.033 | 0.77 | 0.038 |
Arizona | 0.72 | 0.049 | 0.77 | 0.037 |
Arkansas | 0.73 | 0.054 | 0.83 | 0.028 |
California | 0.75 | 0.038 | – | † |
Colorado | 0.74 | 0.074 | 0.81 | 0.033 |
Connecticut | 0.79 | 0.039 | 0.83 | 0.043 |
Delaware | 0.74 | 0.058 | 0.89 | 0.033 |
District of Columbia | 0.89 | 0.024 | 0.87 | 0.031 |
Florida | 0.74 | 0.045 | 0.75 | 0.039 |
Georgia | 0.36 | 0.083 | 0.64 | 0.066 |
Hawaii | 0.70 | 0.055 | 0.58 | 0.060 |
Idaho | 0.38 | 0.088 | 0.68 | 0.064 |
Illinois | 0.66 | 0.042 | 0.63 | 0.056 |
Indiana | 0.70 | 0.071 | 0.69 | 0.052 |
Iowa | 0.57 | 0.064 | 0.68 | 0.053 |
Kansas | 0.56 | 0.098 | 0.71 | 0.060 |
Kentucky | 0.59 | 0.062 | 0.66 | 0.053 |
Louisiana | 0.75 | 0.067 | 0.82 | 0.040 |
Maine | 0.74 | 0.022 | 0.80 | 0.023 |
Maryland | 0.84 | 0.032 | 0.89 | 0.020 |
Massachusetts | 0.84 | 0.036 | 0.86 | 0.027 |
Michigan | 0.75 | 0.045 | 0.79 | 0.042 |
Minnesota | 0.62 | 0.073 | 0.69 | 0.060 |
Mississippi | 0.64 | 0.104 | 0.66 | 0.100 |
Missouri | 0.71 | 0.060 | 0.77 | 0.042 |
Montana | 0.62 | 0.066 | 0.57 | 0.054 |
Nebraska | 0.69 | 0.050 | 0.79 | 0.030 |
Nevada | 0.71 | 0.053 | 0.73 | 0.043 |
New Hampshire | 0.74 | 0.022 | 0.80 | 0.023 |
New Jersey | 0.80 | 0.037 | 0.86 | 0.023 |
New Mexico | 0.65 | 0.051 | 0.81 | 0.036 |
New York | 0.83 | 0.030 | 0.80 | 0.028 |
North Carolina | 0.68 | 0.049 | 0.74 | 0.044 |
North Dakota | 0.51 | 0.074 | 0.65 | 0.039 |
Ohio | 0.78 | 0.046 | 0.84 | 0.034 |
Oklahoma | 0.49 | 0.067 | 0.58 | 0.064 |
Oregon | 0.62 | 0.055 | 0.52 | 0.071 |
Pennsylvania | 0.76 | 0.044 | 0.89 | 0.025 |
Rhode Island | 0.74 | 0.022 | 0.80 | 0.023 |
South Carolina | 0.69 | 0.060 | 0.77 | 0.040 |
South Dakota | 0.60 | 0.046 | 0.71 | 0.047 |
Tennessee | 0.80 | 0.032 | 0.79 | 0.037 |
Texas | 0.65 | 0.061 | 0.65 | 0.065 |
Utah | 0.64 | 0.067 | 0.76 | 0.039 |
Vermont | 0.74 | 0.022 | 0.80 | 0.023 |
Virginia | 0.58 | 0.080 | – | † |
Washington | 0.66 | 0.072 | 0.69 | 0.052 |
West Virginia | 0.50 | 0.092 | 0.66 | 0.067 |
Wisconsin | 0.75 | 0.040 | 0.84 | 0.024 |
Wyoming | 0.47 | 0.085 | 0.69 | 0.080 |
– Not available. California and Virginia do not assess general mathematics in grade 8. | ||||
† Not applicable. | ||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading and Mathematics Assessments. |