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 *Basic* in mathematics, grade 8 public schools: By state, various years, 1990–2005
	Accommodations not permitted								Accommodations permitted
State/jurisdiction	1990		1992		1996		2000		2000		2003		2005
Nation (public) ¹	51	*	56	*	61	*	65	*	62	*	67	*	68

Alabama	40	*	39	*	45	*	52		53		53		53
Alaska	—		—		68		—		—		70		69
Arizona	48	*	55	*	57	*	62		60		61		64
Arkansas	44	*	44	*	52	*	52	*	49	*	58	*	64
California	45	*	50	*	51	*	52	*	50	*	56		57
Colorado	57	*	64	*	67		—		—		74		70
Connecticut	60	*	64	*	70		72		70		73		70
Delaware	48	*	52	*	55	*	—		—		68	*	72
Florida	43	*	49	*	54	*	—		—		62		65
Georgia	47	*	48	*	51	*	55	*	54	*	59		62
Hawaii	40	*	46	*	51	*	52	*	51	*	56		56
Idaho	63	*	68	*	—		71		70		73		73
Illinois	50	*	—		—		68		67		66		68
Indiana	56	*	60	*	68	*	76		74		74		74
Iowa	70	*	76		78		—		—		76		75
Kansas	—		—		—		77		76		76		77
Kentucky	43	*	51	*	56	*	63		60		65		64
Louisiana	32	*	37	*	38	*	48	*	47	*	57		59
Maine	—		72		77		76		73		75		74
Maryland	50	*	54	*	57	*	65		62		67		66
Massachusetts	—		63	*	68	*	76	*	70	*	76	*	80
Michigan	53	*	58	*	67		70		68		68		68
Minnesota	67	*	74	*	75	*	80		80		82		79
Mississippi	—		33	*	36	*	41	*	42	*	47	*	52
Missouri	—		62	*	64		67		64		71		68
Montana	74	*	—		75	*	80		79		79		80
Nebraska	68	*	70	*	76		74		73		74		75
Nevada	—		—		—		58		55	*	59		60
New Hampshire	65	*	71	*	—		—		—		79		77
New Jersey	58	*	62	*	—		—		—		72		74
New Mexico	43	*	48	*	51		50		48	*	52		53
New York	50	*	57	*	61	*	68		63	*	70		70
North Carolina	38	*	47	*	56	*	70		67	*	72		72
North Dakota	75	*	78		77	*	77		76	*	81		81
Ohio	53	*	59	*	—		75		73		74		74
Oklahoma	52	*	59	*	—		64		62		65		63
Oregon	62	*	—		67	*	71		71		70		72
Pennsylvania	56	*	62	*	—		—		—		69		72
Rhode Island	49	*	56	*	60		64		59		63		63
South Carolina	—		48	*	48	*	55	*	53	*	68		71
South Dakota	—		—		—		—		—		78		80
Tennessee	—		47	*	53	*	53	*	52	*	59		61
Texas	45	*	53	*	59	*	68	*	67	*	69	*	72
Utah	—		67	*	70		68		66	*	72		71
Vermont	—		—		72	*	75		73	*	77		78
Virginia	52	*	57	*	58	*	67	*	65	*	72		75
Washington	—		—		67	*	—		—		72		75
West Virginia	42	*	47	*	54	*	62		58		63		60
Wisconsin	66	*	71	*	75		—		—		75		76
Wyoming	64	*	67	*	68	*	70	*	69	*	77		76
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	17	*	22	*	20	*	23	*	23	*	29		31
DoDEA²	—		—		64	*	70	*	68	*	79		76
— 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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