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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 4 public schools: By state, various years, 1992–2005
 
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2005

   Nation (public)1 17 * 20 * 25 * 22 * 31 * 35
           
Alabama 10 * 11 * 14 * 13 * 19   21
Alaska 21 *     30   34
Arizona 13 * 15 * 17 * 16 * 25   28
Arkansas 10 * 13 * 13 * 14 * 26 * 34
California 12 * 11 * 15 * 13 * 25 * 28
Colorado 17 * 22 *     34 * 39
Connecticut 24 * 31 * 32 * 31 * 41   42
Delaware 17 * 16 *     31 * 36
Florida 13 * 15 *     31 * 37
Georgia 15 * 13 * 18 * 17 * 27   30
Hawaii 15 * 16 * 14 * 14 * 23   27
Idaho 16 * 21 * 20 * 31 * 40
Illinois 21 * 20 * 32   32
Indiana 16 * 24 * 31 * 30 * 35   38
Iowa 26 * 22 * 28 * 26 * 36   37
Kansas 30 * 29 * 41 * 47
Kentucky 13 * 16 * 17 * 17 * 22 * 26
Louisiana 8 * 8 * 14 * 14 * 21   24
Maine 27 * 27 * 25 * 23 * 34 * 39
Maryland 18 * 22 * 22 * 21 * 31 * 38
Massachusetts 23 * 24 * 33 * 31 * 41 * 49
Michigan 18 * 23 * 29 * 28 * 34   38
Minnesota 26 * 29 * 34 * 33 * 42 * 47
Mississippi 6 * 8 * 9 * 9 * 17   19
Missouri 19 * 20 * 23 * 23 * 30   31
Montana 22 * 25 * 24 * 31 * 38
Nebraska 22 * 24 * 24 * 24 * 34   36
Nevada 14 * 16 * 16 * 23   26
New Hampshire 25 *     43 * 47
New Jersey 25 * 25 *     39 * 45
New Mexico 11 * 13 * 12 * 12 * 17   19
New York 17 * 20 * 22 * 21 * 33   36
North Carolina 13 * 21 * 28 * 25 * 41   40
North Dakota 22 * 24 * 25 * 25 * 34 * 40
Ohio 16 *   26 * 25 * 36 * 43
Oklahoma 14 * 16 * 16 * 23 * 29
Oregon 21 * 23 * 23 * 33   37
Pennsylvania 22 * 20 *     36 * 41
Rhode Island 13 * 17 * 23 * 22 * 28   31
South Carolina 13 * 12 * 18 * 18 * 32   36
South Dakota     34 * 41
Tennessee 10 * 17 * 18 * 18 * 24   28
Texas 15 * 25 * 27 * 25 * 33 * 40
Utah 19 * 23 * 24 * 23 * 31 * 37
Vermont   23 * 29 * 29 * 42   44
Virginia 19 * 19 * 25 * 24 * 36   39
Washington 21 *     36 * 42
West Virginia 12 * 19 * 18 * 17 * 24   25
Wisconsin 24 * 27 *     35 * 40
Wyoming 19 * 19 * 25 * 25 * 39 * 43
Other jurisdictions            
  District of Columbia 5 * 5 * 6 * 5 * 7 * 10
  DoDEA2   19 * 23 * 21 * 31 * 35
— 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.
 

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