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| Table 113. | Average scale score in reading and percentage of 8th-graders in public schools attaining reading achievement levels, by locale and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1998 through 2005 |
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| 1998| 2002| 2003| Below|Basic or|cient or| Ad-| | Central| fringe/| mall
State or jurisdiction | Average| Average| Average| basic|above\2\|above\3\|vanced\4\| Average| city|large town| town
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_________________________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|__________|________
United States\5\ .....|261(0.8)|263(0.5)|261(0.2)| 29 (0.2)| 71(0.2)| 29(0.2)| 3(0.1)|260(0.2)|254(0.4)| 264(0.3)|262(0.4)
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Alabama .................|255(1.4)|253(1.3)|253(1.5)| 37 (1.4)| 63(1.4)| 22(1.4)| 2(0.6)|252(1.4)|246(2.8)| 260(3.1)|250(1.6)
Alaska ..................|--- (†) |--- (†) |256(1.1)| 30 (1.3)| 70(1.3)| 26(1.4)| 2(0.3)|259(0.9)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Arizona .................|260(1.1)|257(1.3)|255(1.4)| 35 1.3 | 65(1.3)| 23(1.1)| 2(0.3)|255(1.0)|253(1.5)| 258(2.2)|253(4.5)
Arkansas ................|256(1.3)|260(1.1)|258(1.3)| 31 1.4 | 69(1.4)| 26(1.3)| 2(0.4)|258(1.1)|257(2.8)| 261(2.0)|257(1.3)
California\6,7,8\ .......|252(1.6)|250(1.8)|251(1.3)| 40 0.7 | 60(0.7)| 21(0.6)| 2(0.2)|250(0.6)|249(0.9)| 251(0.9)|257(3.6)
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Colorado ................|264(1.0)|--- (†) |268(1.2)| 25 1.3 | 75(1.3)| 32(1.4)| 4(0.5)|265(1.1)|260(2.1)| 268(1.5)|266(2.0)
Connecticut .............|270(1.0)|267(1.2)|267(1.1)| 26 1.2 | 75(1.2)| 34(1.6)| 4(0.8)|264(1.3)|245(3.0)| 270(1.5)|269(1.8)
Delaware ................|254(1.3)|267(0.5)|265(0.7)| 20 1.1 | 80(1.1)| 30(0.9)| 2(0.4)|266(0.6)|266(2.4)| 265(0.7)|269(1.4)
District of Columbia ....|236(2.1)|240(0.9)|239(0.8)| 55 1.2 | 45(1.2)| 12(0.9)| 1(0.3)|238(0.9)|238(0.9)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Florida .................|255(1.4)|261(1.6)|257(1.3)| 34 1.4 | 66(1.4)| 25(1.1)| 2(0.3)|256(1.2)|252(2.4)| 257(1.5)|257(2.6)
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Georgia .................|257(1.4)|258(1.0)|258(1.1)| 33 1.5 | 67(1.5)| 25(1.6)| 3(0.5)|257(1.3)|245(2.8)| 261(2.1)|257(2.1)
Hawaii ..................|249(1.0)|252(0.9)|251(0.9)| 42 1.0 | 58(1.0)| 18(1.0)| 1(0.2)|249(0.9)|255(1.6)| 249(1.4)|243(1.5)
Idaho ...................|--- (†) |266(1.1)|264(0.9)| 24 1.4 | 76(1.4)| 32(1.2)| 2(0.6)|264(1.1)|266(1.3)| 264(1.4)|263(2.0)
Illinois ................|--- (†) |--- (†) |266(1.0)| 25 1.2 | 75(1.2)| 31(1.3)| 3(0.6)|264(1.0)|256(1.9)| 268(1.5)|266(2.1)
Indiana .................|--- (†) |265(1.3)|265(1.0)| 27 1.3 | 73(1.3)| 28(1.5)| 2(0.4)|261(1.1)|254(2.1)| 265(2.0)|263(1.6)
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Iowa ....................|--- (†) |--- (†) |268(0.8)| 21 (1.0)| 79(1.0)| 34(1.5)| 3(0.4)|267(0.9)|262(1.5)| 272(2.3)|268(1.4)
Kansas\6,7,8\ ...........|268(1.4)|269(1.3)|266(1.5)| 22 (1.3)| 78(1.3)| 35(1.4)| 3(0.4)|267(1.0)|262(2.6)| 270(1.7)|267(1.1)
Kentucky ................|262(1.4)|265(1.0)|266(1.3)| 25 (1.5)| 75(1.5)| 31(1.4)| 3(0.5)|264(1.1)|271(2.3)| 262(2.1)|263(1.6)
Louisiana ...............|252(1.4)|256(1.5)|253(1.6)| 36 (2.2)| 64(2.2)| 20(1.5)| 1(0.4)|253(1.6)|247(2.8)| 255(2.8)|255(1.9)
Maine ...................|271(1.2)|270(0.9)|268(1.0)| 19 (1.0)| 81(1.0)| 38(1.4)| 4(0.6)|270(1.0)|269(2.6)| 277(2.1)|269(1.1)
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Maryland\6,7\ ...........|261(1.8)|263(1.7)|262(1.4)| 31 (1.7)| 69(1.7)| 30(1.4)| 4(0.5)|261(1.2)|251(3.6)| 262(1.5)|266(2.7)
Massachusetts ...........|269(1.4)|271(1.3)|273(1.0)| 17 (1.0)| 83(1.0)| 44(1.6)| 5(0.7)|274(1.0)|258(1.4)| 280(1.3)|282(3.1)
Michigan ................|--- (†) |265(1.6)|264(1.8)| 27 (1.4)| 73(1.4)| 29(1.6)| 2(0.5)|261(1.2)|251(2.9)| 265(1.4)|266(2.2)
Minnesota\6,7\ ..........|265(1.4)|--- (†) |268(1.1)| 20 (1.2)| 80(1.2)| 37(1.6)| 3(0.5)|268(1.2)|264(3.2)| 272(1.6)|267(1.6)
Mississippi .............|251(1.2)|255(0.9)|255(1.4)| 40 (1.7)| 60(1.7)| 19(1.4)| 1(0.3)|251(1.3)|246(2.9)| 254(2.2)|250(1.8)
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Missouri ................|262(1.3)|268(1.0)|267(1.0)| 24 (1.3)| 76(1.3)| 31(1.4)| 3(0.4)|265(1.0)|258(3.0)| 267(1.3)|266(1.6)
Montana\6,7\ ............|271(1.3)|270(1.0)|270(1.0)| 19 (1.0)| 82(1.0)| 37(1.2)| 3(0.6)|269(0.7)|270(1.6)| 271(1.8)|268(0.9)
Nebraska ................|--- (†) |270(0.9)|266(0.9)| 20 (1.0)| 80(1.0)| 35(1.5)| 3(0.5)|268(0.9)|266(1.6)| 268(1.6)|268(1.4)
Nevada ..................|258(1.0)|251(0.8)|252(0.8)| 37 (1.3)| 63(1.3)| 22(0.9)| 1(0.5)|253(1.0)|253(1.4)| 251(1.4)|256(1.5)
New Hampshire ...........|--- (†) |--- (†) |271(0.9)| 20 (1.1)| 80(1.1)| 38(1.6)| 4(0.5)|270(1.2)|264(2.1)| 270(2.0)|272(1.9)
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New Jersey ..............|--- (†) |--- (†) |268(1.2)| 20 (1.5)| 80(1.5)| 38(1.7)| 4(0.6)|269(1.2)| ‡ (†) | 270(1.2)|278(3.0)
New Mexico ..............|258(1.2)|254(1.0)|252(0.9)| 38 (1.5)| 62(1.5)| 19(1.1)| 1(0.2)|251(1.0)|256(1.9)| 249(1.9)|248(1.7)
New York\6,7\ ...........|265(1.5)|264(1.5)|265(1.3)| 25 (0.9)| 75(0.9)| 34(1.3)| 3(0.5)|265(1.0)|252(1.5)| 275(1.4)|272(1.4)
North Carolina ..........|262(1.1)|265(1.1)|262(1.0)| 31 (1.3)| 69(1.3)| 27(1.2)| 2(0.4)|258(0.9)|257(1.6)| 261(1.9)|258(1.5)
North Dakota\7\ .........|--- (†) |268(0.8)|270(0.8)| 17 (1.1)| 83(1.1)| 37(1.3)| 3(0.6)|270(0.6)|271(1.5)| 270(1.8)|270(0.8)
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Ohio ....................|--- (†) |268(1.6)|267(1.3)| 23 (1.4)| 78(1.4)| 36(1.4)| 4(0.7)|267(1.3)|248(3.1)| 272(1.6)|272(2.2)
Oklahoma ................|265(1.2)|262(0.8)|262(0.9)| 28 (1.6)| 72(1.6)| 25(1.4)| 1(0.4)|260(1.1)|252(4.0)| 264(1.3)|259(1.4)
Oregon\3\ ...............|266(1.5)|268(1.3)|264(1.2)| 26 (1.3)| 74(1.3)| 33(1.5)| 3(0.5)|263(1.1)|264(2.2)| 264(1.7)|261(1.9)
Pennsylvania.............|--- (†) |265(1.0)|264(1.2)| 23 (1.6)| 77(1.6)| 36(1.6)| 3(0.6)|267(1.3)|247(3.9)| 273(1.9)|268(1.4)
Rhode Island ............|264(0.9)|262(0.8)|261(0.7)| 29 (1.1)| 71(1.1)| 29(1.0)| 3(0.4)|261(0.7)|245(1.4)| 267(1.0)|275(1.8)
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South Carolina ..........|255(1.1)|258(1.1)|258(1.3)| 33 (1.3)| 67(1.3)| 25(1.2)| 2(0.4)|257(1.1)|259(2.5)| 262(1.6)|253(1.5)
South Dakota ............|--- (†) |--- (†) |270(0.8)| 18 (0.8)| 82(0.8)| 35(1.1)| 2(0.3)|269(0.6)|267(1.1)| 271(2.4)|269(0.7)
Tennessee\7\ ............|258(1.2)|260(1.4)|258(1.2)| 29 (1.2)| 71(1.2)| 26(1.4)| 1(0.5)|259(0.9)|252(1.7)| 264(2.3)|260(1.6)
Texas ...................|261(1.4)|262(1.4)|259(1.1)| 31 (0.8)| 69(0.8)| 26(0.8)| 2(0.3)|258(0.6)|256(1.1)| 261(1.1)|259(1.6)
Utah ....................|263(1.0)|263(1.1)|264(0.8)| 27 (0.9)| 73(0.9)| 29(1.2)| 2(0.4)|262(0.8)|261(1.4)| 262(1.0)|264(3.0)
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Vermont .................|--- (†) |272(0.9)|271(0.8)| 21 (1.0)| 79(1.0)| 37(1.2)| 4(0.4)|269(0.8)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Virginia ................|266(1.1)|269(1.0)|268(1.1)| 22 (1.2)| 78(1.2)| 36(1.4)| 3(0.5)|268(1.0)|260(1.7)| 273(1.6)|266(2.1)
Washington\7\ ...........|264(1.2)|268(1.2)|264(0.9)| 25 (1.3)| 75(1.3)| 34(1.5)| 3(0.4)|265(1.3)|264(2.4)| 265(1.5)|265(2.3)
West Virginia ...........|262(1.0)|264(1.0)|260(1.0)| 33 (1.5)| 67(1.5)| 22(1.3)| 1(0.3)|255(1.2)|261(2.0)| 259(2.7)|252(1.3)
Wisconsin\6,7\ ..........|265(1.8)|--- (†) |266(1.3)| 23 (1.3)| 77(1.3)| 35(1.4)| 3(0.5)|266(1.1)|255(2.6)| 276(1.6)|266(1.6)
Wyoming .................|263(1.3)|265(0.7)|267(0.5)| 19 (1.0)| 81(1.0)| 36(1.4)| 2(0.4)|268(0.7)|267(1.6)| 270(3.7)|269(0.8)
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Department of Defense | | | | | | | | | | |
dependents schools\9\ |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 16 (1.2)| 84(1.2)| 37(1.4)| 2(0.5)|271(0.7)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Domestic schools ......|268(4.5)|272(1.0)|269(1.4)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Overseas schools ......|269 1.0 |273(0.6)|273(0.7)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
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Other jurisdictions | | | | | | | | | | |
American Samoa ........|--- (†) |198(1.7)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | --- (†) |--- (†)
Guam ..................|--- (†) |240(1.2)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | --- (†) |--- (†)
Virgin Islands ........|231(2.1)|241(1.3)|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | --- (†) |--- (†)
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---Not available. †Not applicable. ‡Reporting standards not met. \1\Achievement levels are in trial status. \2\The basic level denotes partial mastery of the knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at the 8th grade level. \3\This level represents solid academic performance for 8th-graders. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter. \4\This level signifies superior performance. \5\Based on nationally representative sample. Forty-four jurisdictions (state, District of Columbia, territory, and Department of Defense overseas schools) participated in 1998; 50 participated in 2002; and 53 participated in 2003 and 2005. \6\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates in 1998. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias. \7\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates in 2002. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias. \8\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates in 2003. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias. \9\The definition of the national sample has changed in 2005, it now includes all of the Department of Defense schools. NOTE: The reading data includes students for whom accommodations were permitted. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States, 2002, 2003 and 2005; unpublished tabulations, NAEP Data Explorer (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/), retrieved October 2005. (This table was prepared October 2005.)
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