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| Table 109. | Average proficiency in reading for 4th graders in public schools,\1\ by selected characteristics, region, and state: 1994 |
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|Average| Race/ethnicity | Sex | Parental education\2\
Region and | |---------------------------------------------------|-----------|-------------------------------
state | |White|Black |His- |Asian | Pacific | Ameri- | | |Did not|Gradu-|Some edu- |Grad-
| | | |panic| | Islan- | can |Male|Female|finish | ated | cation |uated
| | | | | | der | Indian | | | high | high |after high|col-
| | | | | | | | | |school |school| school |lege
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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United States ......| 212 | 223 | 186 | 188 | 231 | 216 | 200 |207 | 218 | 188 | 206 | 222 | 222
|-------|-----|---------|-----|---------|---------|---------|----|------|-------|------|----------|-----
Region | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Northeast ............| 212 | 224 | 184 | 191 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |207 | 216 | (\3\) | 202 | 222 | 221
Southeast ............| 208 | 219 | 188 | 184 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |202 | 215 | 186 | 207 | 222 | 216
Central ..............| 218 | 225 | 182 | 199 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |212 | 225 | (\3\) | 215 | 221 | 226
West .................| 212 | 222 | 186 | 186 |\5\ 226 | (\3\) | (\3\) |207 | 217 | 188 | 201 | 221 | 223
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
State | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alabama ..............| 208 | 220 | 188 | 178 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |203 | 213 | 197 | 201 | 217 | 217
Arizona .............| 206 | 220 | 183 | 188 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 181 |201 | 211 | 189 | 200 | 219 | 218
Arkansas .............| 209 | 218 | 183 | 192 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |204 | 213 | 196 | 203 | 221 | 215
California ...........| 197 | 211 | 182 | 174 | 211 |\5\ 213 | (\3\) |194 | 200 | 166 | 191 | 207 | 207
Colorado .............| 213 | 222 | 191 | 193 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 204 |209 | 218 | 192 | 213 | 220 | 222
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Connecticut ..........| 222 | 234 | 190 | 190 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |218 | 226 | 204 | 209 | 234 | 231
Delaware ............ | 206 | 215 | 188 | 190 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |200 | 212 | 185 | 202 | 217 | 214
Florida ..............| 205 | 218 | 183 | 189 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |199 | 210 | 187 | 195 | 219 | 212
Georgia ..............| 207 | 222 | 185 | 184 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |201 | 212 | 185 | 199 | 219 | 217
Hawaii ...............| 201 | 219 | 189 | 185 | 219 | 191 | (\3\) |194 | 208 | 192 | 194 | 215 | 208
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Indiana ..............| 220 | 225 | 193 | 201 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |216 | 223 | 198 | 216 | 230 | 229
Iowa .................| 223 | 225 |\5\ 186 | 204 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |219 | 227 | 211 | 219 | 232 | 229
Kentucky .............| 212 | 215 | 190 | 196 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |206 | 217 | 195 | 212 | 222 | 218
Louisiana ............| 197 | 213 | 180 | 175 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |193 | 200 | 188 | 196 | 209 | 200
Maine ................| 228 | 229 | (\3\) | 218 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |225 | 231 | 214 | 225 | 237 | 236
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Maryland .............| 210 | 223 | 185 | 197 | 232 | (\3\) | (\3\) |205 | 214 | 195 | 202 | 215 | 217
Massachusetts ........| 223 | 231 | 199 | 194 |\5\ 201 | (\3\) | (\3\) |221 | 226 | 206 | 212 | 230 | 232
Minnesota ............| 218 | 222 | 173 | 202 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 196 |214 | 223 | (\3\) | 212 | 220 | 229
Mississippi ..........| 202 | 220 | 187 | 181 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |196 | 207 | 192 | 199 | 213 | 207
Missouri .............| 217 | 223 | 192 | 200 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 212 |213 | 221 | 199 | 216 | 227 | 225
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Montana\4\ ..........| 222 | 226 | (\3\) | 208 | --- | --- | 203 |218 | 227 | 211 | 219 | 227 | 230
Nebraska\4\ ..........| 220 | 224 |\5\ 190 | 205 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 202 |216 | 224 | (\3\) | 215 | 232 | 231
New Hampshire\4\ .....| 223 | 224 | (\3\) | 213 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |218 | 229 | 207 | 220 | 236 | 231
New Jersey ...........| 219 | 231 | 193 | 200 | 237 | (\3\) | (\3\) |216 | 222 | 193 | 209 | 225 | 230
New Mexico ...........| 205 | 219 | 196 | 196 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 185 |201 | 208 | 188 | 200 | 220 | 215
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New York ............ | 212 | 226 | 191 | 193 | 230 | (\3\) | (\3\) |207 | 216 | 196 | 208 | 224 | 220
North Carolina .......| 214 | 225 | 193 | 189 | (\3\) | (\3\) |\5\ 201 |209 | 220 | 195 | 204 | 226 | 223
North Dakota .........| 225 | 228 | (\3\) | 212 | (\3\) | (\3\) |\5\ 197 |221 | 230 | (\3\) | 217 | 232 | 233
Pennsylvania\4\ ......| 215 | 224 | 180 | 187 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |211 | 220 | 187 | 210 | 221 | 224
Rhode Island\4\ ......| 220 | 226 | 197 | 195 | 203 | (\3\) | (\3\) |215 | 225 | 203 | 217 | 230 | 228
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South Carolina .......| 203 | 219 | 184 | 182 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |199 | 208 | 189 | 193 | 216 | 213
Tennessee\4\ .........| 213 | 220 | 188 | 196 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |208 | 217 | 200 | 213 | 225 | 219
Texas ................| 212 | 227 | 191 | 198 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |210 | 214 | 195 | 207 | 224 | 222
Utah .................| 217 | 221 | (\3\) | 199 | (\3\) | (\3\) | 195 |213 | 222 | (\3\) | 211 | 225 | 226
Virginia .............| 213 | 224 | 192 | 206 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |208 | 219 | 196 | 207 | 220 | 221
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Washington ..........| 213 | 217 | 198 | 190 | 220 | 208 | 207 |209 | 217 | 197 | 209 | 216 | 223
West Virginia ........| 213 | 215 | 202 | 192 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |208 | 218 | 196 | 213 | 226 | 221
Wisconsin\4\ .........| 224 | 228 | 197 | 203 | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) |221 | 227 | 212 | 223 | 228 | 233
Wyoming ..............| 221 | 224 | (\3\) | 209 | (\3\) | (\3\) |\5\ 210 |218 | 224 | 203 | 215 | 230 | 228
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Department of Defense | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Overseas Schools ..| 218 | 224 | 205 | 211 | 222 | 215 | 210 |213 | 223 | (\3\) | 209 | 226 | 223
Guam .................| 181 | 192 | 171 | 171 | 180 | 183 | (\3\) |172 | 190 | 164 | 176 | 189 | 185
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| \1\As measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Forty-one states and Guam participated in the
test, but the sample size in two states was insufficient to permit a reliable estimate.
\2\Parents' highest level of education. Data not shown for students who did not know parents' level of education. \3\ Sample size is insufficient to permit a reliable estimate \4\Did not satisfy one or more of the guidelines for school sample participation rates. Data are subject to appreciable nonresponse bias. \5\The nature of the sample does not allow accurate determination of the variability of this value. ---Data not available. NOTE.--These test scores are from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP scores have been evaluated at certain performance levels. A score of 300 implies an ability to find, understand, summarize, and explain relatively complicated literary and informational material. A score of 250 implies an ability to search for specific information, interrelate ideas, and make generalizations about literature, science, and social studies materials. A score of 200 implies an ability to understand, combine ideas, and make inferences based on short uncomplicated passages about specific or sequentially related information. A score of 150 implies an ability to follow brief written directions and carry out simple, discrete reading tasks. Scale ranges from 0 to 500. Excludes states not participating in the survey. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1994 NAEP Reading, Revised Edition: A First Look, prepared by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared November 1995).
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