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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 Basic in mathematics, grade 4 public schools: By state, various years, 1992–2005
 
 
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   Nation (public)1 57 * 62 * 67 * 64 * 76 * 79
                       
Alabama 43 * 48 * 57 * 55 * 65   66
Alaska   65 *     75   77
Arizona 53 * 57 * 58 * 57 * 70   70
Arkansas 47 * 54 * 56 * 55 * 71 * 78
California 46 * 46 * 52 * 50 * 67 * 71
Colorado 61 * 67 *     77   81
Connecticut 67 * 75 * 77 * 76 * 82   84
Delaware 55 * 54 *     81 * 84
Florida 52 * 55 *     76 * 82
Georgia 53 * 53 * 58 * 57 * 72 * 76
Hawaii 52 * 53 * 55 * 55 * 68 * 73
Idaho 63 *   71 * 68 * 80 * 86
Illinois     66 * 63 * 73   74
Indiana 60 * 72 * 78 * 77 * 82   84
Iowa 72 * 74 * 78 * 75 * 83   85
Kansas     75 * 76 * 85 * 88
Kentucky 51 * 60 * 60 * 59 * 72   75
Louisiana 39 * 44 * 57 * 57 * 67 * 74
Maine 75 * 75 * 74 * 73 * 83   84
Maryland 55 * 59 * 61 * 60 * 73 * 79
Massachusetts 68 * 71 * 79 * 77 * 84 * 91
Michigan 61 * 68 * 72 * 71 * 77   79
Minnesota 71 * 76 * 78 * 76 * 84 * 88
Mississippi 36 * 42 * 45 * 45 * 62 * 69
Missouri 62 * 66 * 72 * 71 * 79   79
Montana   71 * 73 * 72 * 81 * 85
Nebraska 67 * 70 * 67 * 65 * 80   80
Nevada   57 * 61 * 60 * 69   72
New Hampshire 72 *       87   89
New Jersey 68 * 68 *     80 * 86
New Mexico 50 * 51 * 51 * 50 * 63   65
New York 57 * 64 * 67 * 66 * 79   81
North Carolina 50 * 64 * 76 * 73 * 85   83
North Dakota 72 * 75 * 75 * 73 * 83 * 89
Ohio 57 *   73 * 73 * 81   84
Oklahoma 60 *   69 * 67 * 74 * 79
Oregon   65 * 67 * 65 * 79   80
Pennsylvania 65 * 68 *     78 * 82
Rhode Island 54 * 61 * 67 * 65 * 72 * 76
South Carolina 48 * 48 * 60 * 59 * 79   81
South Dakota         82 * 86
Tennessee 47 * 58 * 60 * 59 * 70   74
Texas 56 * 69 * 77 * 76 * 82 * 87
Utah 66 * 69 * 70 * 69 * 79 * 83
Vermont   67 * 73 * 73 * 85   87
Virginia 59 * 62 * 73 * 71 * 83   83
Washington   67 *     81   84
West Virginia 52 * 63 * 68 * 65 * 75   75
Wisconsin 71 * 74 *     79 * 84
Wyoming 69 * 64 * 73 * 71 * 87   87
Other jurisdictions                      
  District of Columbia 23 * 20 * 24 * 24 * 36 * 45
  DoDEA2   64 * 70 * 69 * 84   85
— 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: State-level data were not collected in 1990. View complete data with standard errors for grade 4.

Learn more about the state NAEP mathematics assessment and achievement levels on the NAEP website.

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