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.

GRADE 4, BASIC

GRADE 4, PROFICIENT

GRADE 8, BASIC

GRADE 8, PROFICIENT

Percentage of students at or above *Proficient* 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	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.
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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