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Compare the Percentage of Students at or Above Basic and Proficient in Your State to the Percentage in the Nation and in Other States

The map below allows comparisons between the percentage of students performing at or above Basic or Proficient in the nation and in a particular state. Roll your mouse over a state to learn its percentage. By clicking on the map, you can select a focal jurisdiction and compare the percentage at or above Basic or Proficient in the focal state to that in other states. You can also view this map with a focus on one of the student groups listed in the tabs above the map.

Cross-state comparisons of percentage of male students at or above Proficient in reading, grade 8 public schools: 2005


NOTE:View complete data with standard errors for grade 8.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Reading Assessment.

Learn more about the state NAEP reading assessment on the NAEP website. Specific information about state performance is available in the State Profiles tool.

View information about the percentage of students with disabilities and English language learners identified, excluded, and assessed at the state level.

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