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State Results for Vocabulary

How did your state rank in vocabulary and reading comprehension?

Use the tables below to see how your state compares to the national average (shown below in blue) in vocabulary and reading comprehension at grades 4 and 8 in 2011 and at grade 12 in 2009. States are listed in the tables in the order in which they were numerically ranked in each subject and grade.

Hover over your state to quickly find your state's ranking. Explore complete data for grade 4 vocabulary, grade 4 reading comprehension, grade 8 vocabulary, grade 8 reading comprehension, grade 12 vocabulary, and grade 12 reading comprehension.

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◆ not significantly different than the nationNot significantly different
than the nation

▼ lower than the nationLower than the nation


  • Grade 4
    Vocabulary
  • ▲ higher than the nation Massachusetts
  • ▲ higher than the nation DoDEA1
  • ▲ higher than the nation North Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Hampshire
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maryland
  • ▲ higher than the nation Virginia
  • ▲ higher than the nation Pennsylvania
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Jersey
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kansas
  • ▲ higher than the nation Connecticut
  • ▲ higher than the nation Montana
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Vermont
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kentucky
  • ▲ higher than the nation Colorado
  • ▲ higher than the nation Nebraska
  • ▲ higher than the nation Minnesota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Florida
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Delaware
  • ▲ higher than the nation Idaho
  • ▲ higher than the nation Ohio
  • ▲ higher than the nation Utah
  • ▲ higher than the nation Iowa
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Wisconsin
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Missouri
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Wyoming
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Maine
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Oregon
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Georgia
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation South Dakota
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Oklahoma
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation North Carolina
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Indiana
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Alabama
  •    National public
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Rhode Island
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Washington
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Texas
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation New York
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation West Virginia
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Illinois
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Michigan
  • ▼ lower than the nation Tennessee
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arkansas
  • ▼ lower than the nation South Carolina
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arizona
  • ▼ lower than the nation Nevada
  • ▼ lower than the nation Mississippi
  • ▼ lower than the nation Hawaii
  • ▼ lower than the nation California
  • ▼ lower than the nation Alaska
  • ▼ lower than the nation Louisiana
  • ▼ lower than the nation New Mexico
  • ▼ lower than the nation District of Columbia
  • Grade 4
    Reading
    Comprehension
  • ▲ higher than the nation Massachusetts
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Jersey
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maryland
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Hampshire
  • ▲ higher than the nation DoDEA1
  • ▲ higher than the nation Connecticut
  • ▲ higher than the nation Pennsylvania
  • ▲ higher than the nation Vermont
  • ▲ higher than the nation Virginia
  • ▲ higher than the nation North Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Montana
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kentucky
  • ▲ higher than the nation Delaware
  • ▲ higher than the nation Florida
  • ▲ higher than the nation Wyoming
  • ▲ higher than the nation Ohio
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kansas
  • ▲ higher than the nation Colorado
  • ▲ higher than the nation Nebraska
  • ▲ higher than the nation New York
  • ▲ higher than the nation Rhode Island
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Minnesota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maine
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation North Carolina
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Wisconsin
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Idaho
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Georgia
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Indiana
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Iowa
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Washington
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Utah
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Missouri
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Alabama
  •    National public
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation South Dakota
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Illinois
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Michigan
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Texas
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arkansas
  • ▼ lower than the nation Oregon
  • ▼ lower than the nation Oklahoma
  • ▼ lower than the nation South Carolina
  • ▼ lower than the nation Tennessee
  • ▼ lower than the nation West Virginia
  • ▼ lower than the nation Hawaii
  • ▼ lower than the nation Nevada
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arizona
  • ▼ lower than the nation California
  • ▼ lower than the nation Louisiana
  • ▼ lower than the nation Mississippi
  • ▼ lower than the nation New Mexico
  • ▼ lower than the nation Alaska
  • ▼ lower than the nation District of Columbia

  • Grade 8
    Vocabulary
  • ▲ higher than the nation Massachusetts
  • ▲ higher than the nation DoDEA1
  • ▲ higher than the nation Connecticut
  • ▲ higher than the nation Montana
  • ▲ higher than the nation North Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Vermont
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Jersey
  • ▲ higher than the nation Utah
  • ▲ higher than the nation South Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Minnesota
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Hampshire
  • ▲ higher than the nation Colorado
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maine
  • ▲ higher than the nation Idaho
  • ▲ higher than the nation Nebraska
  • ▲ higher than the nation Wisconsin
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kansas
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maryland
  • ▲ higher than the nation Virginia
  • ▲ higher than the nation Ohio
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kentucky
  • ▲ higher than the nation Washington
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Oregon
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Wyoming
  • ▲ higher than the nation Pennsylvania
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Iowa
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Missouri
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Indiana
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Michigan
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation North Carolina
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Georgia
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Florida
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Illinois
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Delaware
  •    National public
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Alaska
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Texas
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Tennessee
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation South Carolina
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Oklahoma
  • ▼ lower than the nation New York
  • ▼ lower than the nation Alabama
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Rhode Island
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arizona
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arkansas
  • ▼ lower than the nation Nevada
  • ▼ lower than the nation West Virginia
  • ▼ lower than the nation New Mexico
  • ▼ lower than the nation California
  • ▼ lower than the nation Mississippi
  • ▼ lower than the nation Hawaii
  • ▼ lower than the nation Louisiana
  • ▼ lower than the nation District of Columbia
  • Grade 8
    Reading
    Comprehension
  • ▲ higher than the nation Massachusetts
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Jersey
  • ▲ higher than the nation Connecticut
  • ▲ higher than the nation Vermont
  • ▲ higher than the nation Montana
  • ▲ higher than the nation DoDEA1
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Hampshire
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maryland
  • ▲ higher than the nation Colorado
  • ▲ higher than the nation Minnesota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Maine
  • ▲ higher than the nation Wyoming
  • ▲ higher than the nation South Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kentucky
  • ▲ higher than the nation North Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Ohio
  • ▲ higher than the nation Idaho
  • ▲ higher than the nation Pennsylvania
  • ▲ higher than the nation Nebraska
  • ▲ higher than the nation Washington
  • ▲ higher than the nation Kansas
  • ▲ higher than the nation Virginia
  • ▲ higher than the nation Wisconsin
  • ▲ higher than the nation Utah
  • ▲ higher than the nation Missouri
  • ▲ higher than the nation Delaware
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation New York
  • ▲ higher than the nation Illinois
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Michigan
  • ▲ higher than the nation Rhode Island
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Indiana
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Iowa
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Oregon
  •    National public
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation North Carolina
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Georgia
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Florida
  • ▼ lower than the nation Texas
  • ▼ lower than the nation Alaska
  • ▼ lower than the nation South Carolina
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arizona
  • ▼ lower than the nation Oklahoma
  • ▼ lower than the nation Tennessee
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arkansas
  • ▼ lower than the nation Alabama
  • ▼ lower than the nation Nevada
  • ▼ lower than the nation Hawaii
  • ▼ lower than the nation West Virginia
  • ▼ lower than the nation New Mexico
  • ▼ lower than the nation California
  • ▼ lower than the nation Louisiana
  • ▼ lower than the nation Mississippi
  • ▼ lower than the nation District of Columbia
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▲ higher than the nation Higher than the nation

◆ not significantly different than the nation Not significantly different
than the nation

▼ lower than the nation Lower than the nation

1 Department of Defense Education Activity (overseas and domestic schools).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011 Reading Assessment.

Legend

▲ higher than the nation Higher than the nation

◆ not significantly different than the nation Not significantly different
than the nation

▼ lower than the nation Lower than the nation


  • Grade 12
    Vocabulary
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Hampshire
  • ▲ higher than the nation Massachusetts
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation South Dakota
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Idaho
  • ▲ higher than the nationConnecticut
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Illinois
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation New Jersey
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation Iowa
  •    National public
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation West Virginia
  • ▼ lower than the nation Florida
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arkansas
  • Grade 12
    Reading
    Comprehension
  • ▲ higher than the nation Massachusetts
  • ▲ higher than the nation New Hampshire
  • ▲ higher than the nation Connecticut
  • ▲ higher than the nation South Dakota
  • ▲ higher than the nation Illinois
  • ▲ higher than the nation Iowa
  • ▲ higher than the nation Idaho
  • ◆ not significantly different than the nation New Jersey
  •    National public
  • ▼ lower than the nation Florida
  • ▼ lower than the nation Arkansas
  • ▼ lower than the nation West Virginia

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Reading Assessment.