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Compare Mathematics Achievement-Level Results for Your State Across Years

  • Between 2003 and 2005, the percentage of fourth-graders performing at or above Basic increased for 24 states and jurisdictions, and the percentage performing at or above Proficient increased in 27 states and jurisdictions.  Between 1992 and 2005, the percentage of fourth-graders performing at or above Basic  and at or above Proficient increased in all of the 42 states and jurisdictions that participated in both years.
  • Between 2003 and 2005, the percentage of eighth-graders performing at or above Basic increased for 5 states, and the percentage performing at or above Proficient increased in 6 states. Between 1990 and 2005, the percentage of eighth-graders at or above Basic and at or above Proficient increased in all 38 states and jurisdictions that participated in both years.
Percentage of students at or above Proficient in mathematics, grade 8 public schools: By state, various years, 1990–2005
 
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   Nation (public)1 15 * 20 * 23 * 26 * 25 * 27 * 28
           
Alabama 9 * 10 * 12 16   16   16   15
Alaska 30     30   29
Arizona 13 * 15 * 18 * 21 * 20 * 21 * 26
Arkansas 9 * 10 * 13 * 14 * 13 * 19 * 22
California 12 * 16 * 17 * 18 * 17 * 22   22
Colorado 17 * 22 * 25 *     34   32
Connecticut 22 * 26 * 31 34   33   35   35
Delaware 14 * 15 * 19 *     26 * 30
Florida 12 * 15 * 17 *     23   26
Georgia 14 * 13 * 16 * 19 * 19 * 22   23
Hawaii 12 * 14 * 16 16   16   17   18
Idaho 18 * 22 * 27   26 * 28   30
Illinois 15 * 27   26   29   29
Indiana 17 * 20 * 24 * 31   29   31   30
Iowa 25 * 31   31       33   34
Kansas 34   34   34   34
Kentucky 10 * 14 * 16 * 21   20   24   23
Louisiana 5 * 7 * 7 * 12 * 11 * 17   16
Maine 25 * 31 32   30   29   30
Maryland 17 * 20 * 24   29   27   30   30
Massachusetts 23 * 28 * 32 * 30 * 38 * 43
Michigan 16 * 19 * 28 28   28   28   29
Minnesota 23 * 31 * 34 * 40   39   44   43
Mississippi 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 12   14
Missouri   20 * 22 * 22 * 21 * 28   26
Montana 27 * 32 37   36   35   36
Nebraska 24 * 26 * 31 31   30 * 32   35
Nevada 20   18 * 20   21
New Hampshire 20 * 25 *     35   35
New Jersey 21 * 24 *       33   36
New Mexico 10 * 11 * 14 13   12   15   14
New York 15 * 20 * 22 * 26 * 24 * 32   31
North Carolina 9 * 12 * 20 * 30   27 * 32   32
North Dakota 27 * 29 * 33 31   30 * 36   35
Ohio 15 * 18 *   31   30   30   33
Oklahoma 13 * 17 * 19   18   20   21
Oregon 21 * 26 * 32   31   32   34
Pennsylvania 17 * 21 *     30   31
Rhode Island 15 * 16 * 20 24   22   24   24
South Carolina   15 * 14 * 18 * 17 * 26 * 30
South Dakota     35   36
Tennessee 12 * 15 * 17   16 * 21   21
Texas 13 * 18 * 21 * 24 * 24 * 25 * 31
Utah 22 * 24 * 26 * 25 * 31   30
Vermont     27 * 32 * 31 * 35   38
Virginia 17 * 19 * 21 * 26 * 25 * 31   33
Washington 26 *     32   36
West Virginia 9 * 10 * 14 * 18   17   20   18
Wisconsin 23 * 27 * 32     35   36
Wyoming 19 * 21 * 22 * 25 * 23 * 32   29
Other jurisdictions            
  District of Columbia 3 * 4 * 5 6   6   6   7
  DoDEA2     22 * 27 * 26 * 33   33
— Not available. The jurisdiction did not participate or did not meet the minimum participation guidelines for reporting.
Significantly different from 2005.
1 National results for assessments prior to 2003 are based on the national sample, not on aggregated state samples.
2 Department of Defense Education Activity (domestic and overseas).
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), various years, 1990–2005 Mathematics Assessments.

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