NAEP Reading Mathematics 2005 - Mathematics: State Results: Achievement Level Trends

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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.

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GRADE 8, PROFICIENT

Percentage of students at or above *Basic* in mathematics, grade 4 public schools: By state, various years, 1992–2005

	Accommodations not permitted						Accommodations permitted
State/jurisdiction	1992		1996		2000		2000		2003		2005
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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1992–2005 Mathematics Assessments.

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